At the end of the term, you will submit a final portfolio that will showcase your best writing furing the term as well as your knowledge of writing and reading fiction. Please submit your materials in a simple folder or appropriately sized binder. There is no need for plastic page protectors or anything like that. Just make sure that I can determine what is what as I evaluate your work—please order the materials according to this list.

1. Portfolio Revision: The first major component of your portfolio will be at least twenty-five pages of revised fiction. This revision can be a combination of any of the three drafts you wrote during the term and/or any of the flash pieces. Please also submit copies of the first drafts of all your revised materials. These can be clean copies or copies with marginalia—but I do want something to compare your revisions to to see the work you've done. Brand new stories will not be accepted in the portfolio.

2. Seven Segments Story: I will collect the seven segments story as a whole piece at the end of the term. Place them all into one document in manuscript format, making sure to make clear where each segment begins and ends with a space break. If you choose not to revise this story for the portfolio revision, I will collect the segments as you wrote them as a first draft. If you do choose to revise this for the portfolio revision, I will still need the original segments as you wrote them as a first draft.

3. Reflection: The second major component of your portfolio will be a short reflective essay in which you talk about your work over the course of the term. Talk about the choices you made in revision and the shapes of fiction you might have used, about the differences you want me to notice between the first drafts and the revised drafts. Reflect on your growth as a fiction writer this term.

4. Reading Responses: I will collect all your reading responses at the end of the term with the final portfolio. Each response should be clean copies, single-spaced and typed or printed from a computer. No handwritten reading responses will be accepted for credit.

Final Reading: In lieu of a final exam, we will have a final reading where you will prepare a short reading of your work. Each student will read for approximately three minutes to culminate the hard work you have done as a class in WRT 330. I will collect your final portfolio at this time. See the course schedule for our final exam date and time.