Instructions: Please fill out this sheet completely and return it with your portfolio at the end of your second to last semester of enrollment at WCU. Your portfolio should contain four essays/writing projects that you consider to be the best examples of work completed in undergraduate English courses. Selected items must include the following: (1) one from work assigned in either LIT 295 or LIT 296; one from an American Literature course; (3) one from an English literature course; and (4) one from a LIT 400 seminar. Students should select papers/writing projects that successfully demonstrate the following criteria: (1) knowledge of American literature; (2) knowledge of English literature; (3) the ability to situate a text in relation to literary tradition, historical period, and cultural identities (class, race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and the like); and (4) the ability to write analytically, critically, and knowledgeably about literature. Items selected must be submitted as clean copies without any instructor's comments or grades. Students may revise the writing chosen as deemed necessary prior to submission of the final portfolio.

Student’s Name_________________________________________________________

1. Completed Essays

In the spaces provided below, please list the titles or assignment names for the formal essays included in your portfolio.

Order	Title of Essay or Assignment
LIT 295 or LIT 296
American literature
English literature
LIT 400 seminar

2. Did you include your Introduction (essay or letter)? ____ (check for yes)
3. Did you put your portfolio in an appropriate folder or envelope ____ (check for yes)
4. Include this checklist in your portfolio. ______ (check for yes)