English11MidtermExam

WritingPortfolio
Part1:
WritingReflection
Chooseonewritingthatyouthoughtwasyourmosteffectiveandonethatwasyourleast
effective.Writea
12paragraph
reflectiononeach.Inyourreflection,youmust
specificallyexplainwhyeachpiecewaseffectiveorineffective.Forexample,what
specificwritingelementsmakeyourmosteffectivepiecethebest?Whatspecifically
wouldyouchangeororworkoninyourotherwritingpieces?

Writingsthisyear:
FormalBookAnalysis
Maus
and
TheGreatGatsby
SummativeEssays
NarrativeWritingsSuperHeroNarrativeandtheNanowrimo

1. Mosteffectivepieceofwritingandwhy.

Nanowrimothiswasthebestwritingbecauseihadthefreedomtowritewhatiwanted
theideasofthewritingcametogethersmoothlyandeasily.

2. Leasteffectivepieceofwritingandwhy.
greatgatsbysummativeessayswritingwastheworstwritingofallthewritingsthebook
didnotmakesenseatall.thewritingwasmoredifficultandconfusingformethan
expected.

Part2:
WritingProcess
Takinga300400wordssectionofyourNanowrimoassignmentfromNovemberplease
reviseitfromitsroughdraftform.

1. Copyandpastethe
roughdraft
below.DoNOTrevisethispieceinthisarea.

Theymarchintosandiegoandeatherdeathbyamillionzombiesandbombs
orrescusebythenavy.thenextdaybothmenwalkupearlyandpreparforwhatever
maywaitfortheminsandeigowiththiscitybeingoneoflargistmillitartycityintheusa
thisisthebestplacetogetrescuedifyouhavenotbeenorthebestplacetodie
dependingonhowmanyzombiesthereareinthecitytheystartwalkingonceagianto
findalownumberofzombiesonheroadwiththeeasywalkingtheycometoalarge
hillatonceatthetoptheyseesandeigostillacitystandingtheycanseetheportwith
warshipsstillinitwiththesightofthisthemenbecomeoptomisticandhopefullof
rescusenowalltheyhavetodoisgettooneofthoseships

2. Copyandpastetheroughdraftinthissectionandbegintoreviseyourwork.

They
marchintosandiegoand
either

deathbyamillionzombies
or

amillionbombs
or
rescue
bythenavy
.T
henextdaybothmenwalkupearlyand
prepare

forwhatevermaywaitfortheminsandiego.withthiscitybeingoneof
largest
military
cityintheusathisisthebestplacetogetrescuedifyouhavenotbeen
already.
orthebestplacetodiedependingonhowmanyzombiesthereareinthecity
,
theystartwalkingonce
againt
ofindalownumberofzombiesontheroadwiththe
easywalkingtheycometoalargehill
.
onceatthetoptheyseesan
diego
stillacity
standingtheycanseetheportwithwarshipsstillinitwiththesightofthisthemen
become
optimistic
and
hopeful
of
rescue
nowalltheyhavetodoisgettooneofthose
ships

3. Highlightanychangesin
yellow
andadditionsin
green.

4. Pleasewritea
12paragraph

reflectiononwhythechangesyouhavemade
improvesthewriting.Keepinmindyouraudiencewhenthinkingabouthowthis
improvesthewriting.

ichangedmanythingsinthewritingifixthespellingofallthemisspellsadded
punctuationwhereitisneededaddedandreplacedwordstomakethewritingmakemore
sense.

Part3:
WritingSkills
For
six
oftheitemsbelow,youwillneedtocopypastetheexamplefromanyofyour
essaysandexplainhowtheexamplebelowmeetthestandard.

Makesuretoidentifythe
writingthatitcomesfrom.

1. Effectivelyandcorrectlyusesimagery(ShowNOTTELL)
(Explainwhyyou
chosetoputimageryhereandwhyitiseffective)
2. Effectivelyandcorrectlyusesaproper(specific)noun(
Explainwhyyouchoseto
putaspecificnounhereandwhyitiseffective)
3. Effectivelyandcorrectlyusesavividverbichangedmysuperheronarrativei
changedthewordkilledwithvaporizedtoshowthewayhewaskilledandshow
moreoftheviolenceofit.
4. Effectivelyandcorrectlyusesafigurativelanguage(
Explainwhyyouchosetouse
figurativelanguagehereandwhyitiseffective)
5. Effectivelyandcorrectlyuseofsymbolism
(Explainwhatthesymbolismis,why
youchosetouseithere,andwhyitiseffective)

Revisebyaddingasentence(s)orword(s)thatsupportthepurpose.inmy
novembernarrativeiaddedasentencesoramillionbombsinsteadofarunon
sentencestomakethepeaceflowbetter.
7. Showanexampleofacomplexorcompoundsentenceinyourwriting.
(Explain
howthisisbetterthanusingmultiplesimplesentences)
8. Revisebydeletingunneededorofftopicsentence(s)orword(s)inmynovember
writingideletedasentenceaboutoneofthecharacterspastlifebecauseitdidnot
fitinwellwithwhatwasbeingtalkedaboutatthetime
9.
Createsanintroductionthatsetsthestagefortherestofthepiece.

the
6.

worldhascometoandendallsocietieshavecrumbledadiseaseravagesthe
worldturninghumansintozombies.
thisistheintroductiontomynovember
writingstartingoffbutputtingaterrifyingimageintopeople'sheadtomake
themwanttoreadthenovel.

Createsaconcludingparagraphthateffectivelybringsthepiecetoaclose.
(Explainthestrategyyouusedandhowitcontributestoyouressay)
11. Createsatonethroughwordsanddescriptions(connotation/denotation)thatare
appropriateforacertainaudience.
(Explainwhoyourintendedaudienceisand
howyoutargetedthataudiencespecifically).
12. Createsvoicethroughuseofdialogueandcolloquialvocabulary.(
Explainwho
yourintendedaudienceisandhowyoutargetedthataudiencespecifically).
(Howdoesthisaddtoyourwriting)?
10.

Reading
Inthereadingsectionofyourportfolio,pleaseshowandreflectonyourgrowthasa
readerinEnglish11.Pleaseinclude:

Part1
:
RequiredReadings
Pleasereflectontheskillsyoulearnedaboutwritingorreadingfromatleast
two
ofthe
elevenrequiredtextsfromthiscourse.Youwillfindalistofsomeofthoseskillsbelow.
Writea
23paragraph

reflectiononthoseskillsbelow.Pleasemakesuretoincludeat
least
three
ofthoseskillsinyourreflectionMakesuretoidentifythetextitcamefrom
andbespecificonthatauthorsstyle.

ShortStories
FortunateSonbyDaveMarshstartsonpage12
ChameleonSchlemieleonbyPatricSTracy

HillsLikeWhiteElephantsbyErnestHemingway
TheMasqueofRedDeathbyEdgarAllenPoe
ARoseforEmilybyWilliamFaulkner
TheLotterybyShirleyJackson

Poems
RubriksCubebyBenjaminBarker
FinalExamForMyFatherbyJoaquinZihuatanejo
TheRavenbyEdgarAllenPoe

Novels
Maus
byArtSpiegelman
Vol.1

Vol.2
TheGreatGatsby
byF.ScottFitzgerald

Readingskillslist:
Choose
threeforyourreflection.

1. Canidentifytheauthorspurposeinapieceofwritinganduseevidencefromthe
texttosupporttheclaim.PleasedothiswithANYpieceofwritingwehaveused
thisyear.
2. Canidentifytheauthorsintendedaudienceinapieceofwritinganduseevidence
fromthetexttosupporttheclaim.(Ethos,Pathos,andLogosorShowNotTell)
3. Canyouidentifyanauthorsabilitytohookareaderintotheirstory.(Ethos,
Pathos,andLogosorShowNotTell)
4. CanyouidentifyhowanauthorcreatesvividcharactersthroughuseofShowNot
Tell/FigurativeLanguage,Connotation/Denotation,etc.
5. Canyouidentifytheinferentialmotivationsofcharactersinareading.
6. CanyouidentifyhowanauthorcreatevividscenesthroughuseofShowNot
Tell/FigurativeLanguage,SymbolismConnotation/Denotation,etc.
7. Demonstratesuseofconnecting(connectingthebooktosomethingoutsideofthe
book)strategiestounderstandatext.(SocraticSeminar)
8. Demonstratesuseofquestioning(openendedquestionsthatgeneratediscussion)
strategiestounderstandatext.(SocraticSeminar)
9. Demonstratesuseofpredicting(askingquestionsorusingcontextualcluesto
predictthepossibleoutcomeofastory)strategiestounderstandatext.(Socratic
Seminar)

Pleasewriteyourreflectionbelow:

themasqueofreddeathisthebestwritingforidentifyingahookatthebeginningofa
story.ItstartswiththehookTHE"RedDeath"hadlongdevastatedthecountry.This
firstsentencegrabsyourattentionfromthestartandmakesyouwanttofindoutwhatthe
reddeathisandmakesyoureadmoreintothestory.
bothmaus1and2aregreatforshowingwhotheauthorintendedtoreadthe

book.byputtingthebookintotheformofacomicbookartspiegelmanintendedthe
bookforyoungerreaders.youngerreaderswhowouldbemoreattractedtothecomic
bookformthatalsomakesitaneasierreadforyoungerreaders.

Part2
:
ReadingAnalysis
Inthefollowingcoldreading,
OnDumpsterDivingbyLarsEigher
,pleasewriteashort
200400wordessayansweringoneofthefollowingquestions:

1. Howcouldthetextbereadandinterpreteddifferentlybytwodifferentreaders?
2. Ifthetexthadbeenwritteninadifferenttimeorplaceorlanguageorfora
differentaudience,howandwhymightitdiffer?
3. Howandwhyisasocialgrouprepresentedinaparticularway?
4. Whichsocialgroupsaremarginalized,excluded,orsilencedwithinthetext?
5. Howdoesthetextconformto,ordeviatefrom,theconventionsofaparticular
genre,andforwhatpurpose?(Forexampleisthisahistorytext?)
6. Howhasthetextborrowedfromothertexts,andwithwhateffects?

Pleasehighlightthequestionyouaregoingtoanswerabove
yellow
andwriteyouressay
below.

Inthisstoryofamanwhohasbecamehomelessafterlosinghisjobandhissavingsrun
outandiskickedoutofhishouseontothestreets.Aoncehardworkingmanis
nowlivingwhereverhecanjusthimandhisdogeverydayrummagingthrough
dumpstersandtrashcanlookingfortheirnextmeal.Overtimebecomingsmarton
whattoeatandwhatnottoeatandwheretogetthefoodfrom.thiswritingcould
beinterpretedbyadifferentsocialgroupinmanyways.Ifapoormanorwomen
inthesamepositionreadthisitcouldinspirethemorhelpthetoknowwhattoeat
andusethistexttolearnfromlikeasurvivalguide.Butfromtheotherendofthe
spectrumcomingfromarichpersonwhoneverhastoworryaboutwheretheir
foodcomesfromorwhentoeat.Thesepeopletheyaretheoneswastingthefood
theywouldmostlikelyfindthisrepulsiveapersondiggedthroughtheirtrash
withoutthemknowingaboutit.Theycouldbeathieflookingforpersonalinfo
theycouldbeadruggiewhoislookingforafixorjustapoordownontheirluck
personwhoislookingfortheirnextmealtheymaystopputtingouttheirtrashor
callthepoliceaboutthematter
Butthepeopleintheshopbecamesuspicious
andbegantoretaintheirgarbageintheshopovernight.(ondumpsterdiving)
thiscouldbeinterpretedinmanywaysbybothrichandpoorthiswritingtouches

onasubjectmostpeoplejustsweepundertherugandforgetaboutortrynotto
thinkabout.Theiraremillionsofhomelessintheworldrichorpooritcould
happentoyou.youshouldnotjudgeamanbyhissocialstanceinthisworldyou
neverknowwherehemightendup.