English 99

Objective: Write original poetry that contributes to an understanding of self, others, and/or society. Consider subject, audience, and intended message as well as structure and form. Revise to improve writing.

Strengths: I believe that I did well in the implementation of my poetic strategies. The most common strategy I used was imagery.

Areas of Growth: One area of growth is the creation of a topic for each of my poems; as I took too long thinking of a topic to write about.

Objective: Read and analyze a poem, tracking poetic elements and messages across a text. Support analysis with evidence from the text. Present your findings to peers with the goal of being heard and understood.

Strengths: I believe that I did well in the analysis of all of the poetic devices. Even though I needed help from reading the author's note, I got most of them by myself.

Areas of Growth: One area of growth that I could improve on is the amount of time it took to analyze everything. It took around 1-2 weeks to fully analyze it, which was too long as I had the authors note.

Objective: Read and analyze a poem, tracking poetic elements and messages across a text. Support analysis with evidence from the text. Present your findings to peers with the goal of being heard and understood.

Strengths: I believe that I did well in the formatting of the paper, as I made it in an easy-to-understand form.

Areas of Growth: One area of growth that I could improve on is the amount of detail I could've added to the paper, as I haven't been going further into the area I'm explaining.

Objective: Create a visual project to add meaning to one of your original poems.

Strengths: I really don't think I did well at all in this assignment.

Areas of Growth: One major area of growth in this assignment is the visual aspect of the project. The project looks like it was rushed and lacked effort.

Objective: Actively read a poem, annotating the messages and strategies the poet uses to move the audience and contribute to an understanding of self, others, and the world.

Strengths: Like my presentation, I believe that I did well in the analysis of all of the poetic devices.

Areas of Growth: I could've had my notes in a more compact form, as it's hard to read and understand my writing.

Objective: After reading Animal Farm by George Orwell, discuss the impact of propaganda on a particular community or situation. Focus on organization of thinking, sentence-level competency, and citing credible sources.

Strengths: I believe that I did well in the information aspect of the essay, as I was passionate about the subject.

Areas of Growth: I think that I could improve on how words can be used in the paper.

Objective: While reading Animal Farm by George Orwell, use the text to come up with original thoughts, questions, and epiphanies for classroom discussion.

Strengths: I don't believe that there is anything good about this sheet of notes.

Areas of Growth: I think that I can improve on my formatting, descriptions, and highlighting, as the paper lacks any sign of effort.

Objective: Create a children's book, TED talk, or PSA that uses narrative and symbolic elements to discuss a strongly held opinion you have.

Strengths: I believe that I did good at aligning the visual aspect of the video with the audio.

Areas of Growth: I think that I could have gone slower so that it's easier for the viewer to process.

Objective: After researching a topic related to the themes and topics in A Raisin in the Sun, create a collaborative presentation to share research findings with peers.

Strengths: I think that I did well in using scholarly sources with my critical thinking to display solutions to problems shown in my presentation.

Areas of Growth: I could have been more efficient with my time during the creation of the presentation, as I got off task often.

Objective: While reading A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, reflect in writing about the historical significance and the writer's craft. Focus on embedding evidence, providing critical commentary, and connecting the topics meaningfully to your life.

Strengths: I believe that I did well in my use of grammar and the way that I lead into a quote.

Areas of Growth: There weren't that many mistakes; however, most of the mistakes in this paper were in my MLA format.

Objective: While reading A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, reflect in writing about the historical significance and the writer's craft. Focus on embedding evidence, providing critical commentary, and connecting the topics meaningfully to your life.

Strengths: I believe I did well in the MLA formatting of this paper.

Areas of Growth: I think that I could have improved on adding more critical thinking that aligned with the text.

Objective: After reading A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, write a 2-3 page paper that takes a position on one of the social issues raised in the play. Incorporate database research.

Strengths: I don't believe that there's anything in this paper that I did good on.

Areas of Growth: I could have added more details into the paper, as some ideas that are shown don't seem complete. I also could of added more sources that related to the topic more, as virtually all of the sources are vague when trying to relate it to my topic.

Objective: After reading mentor texts on a theme, write a memoir on a topic of choice that incorporates writing moves studied in the mentor texts and demonstrates sentence-level competency.

Strengths: I don't believe that I did anything good in this assignment. I used this paper to help improve my other memoirs.

Areas for Growth: This memoir was repetitive and lacked description. Even though I tried to incorporate them into my memoir, it wasn't strong enough to help capture the reader's attention.

Objective: After reading mentor texts on a theme, write a memoir on a topic of choice that incorporates writing moves studied in the mentor texts and demonstrates sentence-level competency.

Strengths: I believe that I did well in adding time indicators to make the paper more understandable.

Areas for Growth: Compared to the first memoir, I added too much description. This made the memoir seem like a desperate call for the reader's attention.

Objective: After reading mentor texts on a theme, write a memoir on a topic of choice that incorporates writing moves studied in the mentor texts and demonstrates sentence-level competency.

Strengths: I believe that I did well in using the appropriate amount of description for each thought.

Areas for Growth: I could have found a better way to display the dialogue between each person.

Objective: After reading mentor texts on a theme, write a memoir on a topic of choice that incorporates writing moves studied in the mentor texts and demonstrates sentence-level competency.

Strengths: I believe that I did well in adding the sense of time and use of dialogue into my essay, as each memory builds off of each other.

Areas for Growth: I don't believe that I did well in displaying my thoughts and feelings.

Objective: Create a video project that tells your story and moves your audience. Clearly and creatively communicate with your audience.

Strengths: I believe that I did well in using my voice to help get the viewers to better understand the emotions of each person.

Areas of Growth: I believe that I could have added more visual effects so that the viewers stay interested in the video.