Sunday, December 11, 2011

Portfolio Post

Agenda:
1) Let whoever of my parents know what I am going to present to them, and let them know their role
2) Open up http://www.wix.com/adara_pineda/portfolio
3) Go over each "In my own words" words
4) Then present them my pieces of evidences that I believe meets the standard

Reflection:
One of the achievements that I am most proud of for the past semester is being able to find multiple evidence points for each idea that I had to support my thesis. The first time I did that, it was on the "Chunky Paragraph" assignment. Looking back on that assignment, my "quote and commentary" chart was unorganized and not thought out well at all. There were more ideas than evidences. Because of that I got a 3-. The grade that I am not aiming for. Knowing that this stratgy is going to be used a lot, and is important I knew I had to work on it. Now I have a better understanding on what to do for "quote and commentary" charts. I know what to look for in evidences that would support my thesis.

One of the major challenges that I had this semester was being able to understand the assignments given to me, and being able to benefit and learn from it. Somtimes I didn't understand what I was doing on some assignments. But with help and the strategy of asking questions, I got where I needed to be. Procrastination was always a problem, but I learned to be a wiser at using my time because I was tired of rushing assignments.

My goals for next quarter is to able to write more smoothly. I really enjoy reading and doing creative writing,  but sometimes I can't explain what I want to say. It's like i'll have ideas that would inspire me to write profusely but i'll get stuck. So hopefully i'll be able to learn what I need to to improve my writing.

Mom or dad, please comment on my blog answering these questions.

  1. What piece of writing did you like best in my portfolio and why? 
  2. What did you like about my portfolio and sharing and what would you like to see me improve on?
  3. Which of the writing traits (ideas, organization, voice, word choice) do you feel was most successful for me?
  4. Which of the traits of writing would you like me to improve on in the coming semester?

Pictures of proof :p

1 comment:

  1. Aside from the typos, I'm surprised to see the level of learning that you are doing with English class nowadays. I'm glad that you are doing this because this is a good preparation for college. Keep up the good work.

    I'm glad that you are using your own personal experiences to write an essay. That is a good start, a start of being introspective and being able to appreciate your family among other things that you experience and will experience in the near future.

    I think what is a plus for you is that you are able to write creatively, using descriptive words that allows the reader to experience your experiences.

    A good thing to learn to write about in the near future are researches and studies. I think when you are able to accomplish that everything else is easier. Good luck, Adara! Mom.

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