WRITING for REAL:
Rhetorics of the Service-Learning Contact Zone

 Portfolio Checklist

Cover Letter
 
Leap-of-Faith Essay

Section Introduction 
Parts I and II
Draft with instructor's comments
Draft with peer reviewer's comments and completed peer review form
Finished essay with instructor's comments

 
Community Writing Project

Section Introduction 
__ Community Writing Contract
__ Letter of Introduction to Agency Mentor
__ Pertinent correspondence with your agency mentor
__ In-class exercises and writing related to the proect
__ Primary research notes (for example, interview questions and answers; survey questions and results)
__ Your agency mentor's comments on your draft(s)
__ Draft(s) of project with instructor's comments
__ Project in its final, polished and edited form, as submitted to mentor 
[Please remember that you are responsible for submitting your project to your 
agency. You will not receive a grade in the course until receipt is confirmed.]
__ Completed CWP evaluation form

 
Community Speaking Project

Section Introduction 
__ Community Speaking Contract
__ Pertinent correspondence with and/or comments from your agency mentor
__ Primary research notes (for example, interview questions and answers; survey questions and results)
__ Handouts, PowerPoint slides, and/or any other supporting material that you used in your presentation
<Videotape of or notes pertaining to your presentation supplied by instructor>

 
Research Paper 

Section Introduction 
__ Research proposal, with reference librarian's suggestions
__ Working annotated bibliography, with comments if applicable
__ Formal outline, with comments if applicable
__ Primary research notes (for example, interview questions and answers; survey questions and results)
__ Draft with instructor's comments
__ Draft with peer reviewer's comments and completed peer review form
__ Revised research paper in its final, polished and edited form 
(If your paper includes significant multimedia or hypertext components, please submit both a hard 
copy and an electronic copy, on CD, zip, or floppy disk.)

 
Grant Proposal

Section Introduction 
__ Pertinent correspondence with and/or comments from your agency mentor
__ Primary and secondary research notes
__ Your agency mentor's comments on draft(s)
__ Grant letter in its final, polished and edited form
 

__ Film Presentation  (including PowerPoint slides). Submission on CD or floppy disk is fine.
__ Class and Community Journal  (in handwritten or electronic form)