Monday, December 10, 2012

1st Semester Writing Portfolio

To Parents,


          Achievements that I am proud of from this past semester include: sentence fluency assessments, risky business essay, Coming of Age essay, and the College essay. Although I did do well on the majority of these assignments or tests, I could have improved them.
          I am most proud of my Coming of Age Essay and College Essay because of the grade I recieved on them (4) and the fact that I understood what I was doing, could follow the criteria, did my best on them, and actually pulled off the grade.
         A major challenge I had this semester would definately be time management and balance. I delt with them by making sure I payed attention in class, and writing due dates down. 
         Goals I have for next semester is to make better plans when it comes to group work, make sure I am able to contribute to a group, and to prioritize my different projects early on.
          I think these are realistic goals because they are more specific than just wanting to stop putting assignments off, and because it is what I need to work on in order to have 
bettered my grade this past semester, and what will help me later on.

To view my portfolio, please go here----> http://jjkurosawa.wix.com/joy2ndqportfolio 

After you have viewd my portfolio answer the questions below in a comment:



  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?