Annabelle Strait’s Portfolio Ms. McGee AP English Literature

Table of Contents Letter to you, the reader. My bucket list parts 1, 2, & 3 My six word story Sound & the Fury Essay Poetry Comparison Essay Pigment Research Paper My soul Second grade writing sample Fourth grade writing sample Sixth grade writing sample

Reflection Letter Dear Reader, Like every single person who goes through school, my writing has greatly improved. However, in some ways, my techniques have not changed. In elementary school, I LOVED to write about anything. My teacher in second grade had us keep a writing journal and she gave us daily prompts. I had the opportunity to write about anything my imagination allowed, and I understood there were no limits to what I could produce. I was confident and comfortable with everything I wrote. Middle school brought upon a new challenge. I had all these ideas in my head ready to be written down, but I was struck with a problem: how to organize it all. The first research paper I wrote in seventh grade was horrible. I had no real concept of how to organize my thoughts into a really good paper. I started to create outlines for all of my papers. That was a very important step in my writing career. Writing papers, essays, etc, was easier until my junior year in AP Language and Composition. The whole class was about how to write and analyze papers. I thought this took the beauty and the therapeutic effect out of writing. However, I was wrong, like usual. I read many different books in my junior and senior year, and realized I wanted my writing to be as good as those authors. I envied their unique styles and their effective ways to capture their audience. Since I’ve realized that, I have really tried to take time to make sure my writing is well-crafted but still my own. I think I have successfully combined what I believed in elementary school with what I learned in middle school. I only hope to improve even more from here. Sincerely, Annabelle Strait

Bucket List part 1 Go to several European Countries Marriage Singing lessons See a giant squid Own an ice cream parlor Teach myself a foreign language Join a sorority Invent something useful Pet a tiger/lion/other big cat Become a psychiatrist and have my own practice

Bucket List part 2 Learn how to sail a boat Train a cat to do things like a dog Have a garden full of pansies, my favorite flower Be a millionaire by age 30 Run into a celebrity in every day life Write a whole story for once Learn how to surf Get Laser Vision Correction Swim in the largest swimming pool in the world

Bucket List part 3 Visit every single state at least once Have a garden where I can grow food Learn how to dance Take the MCAT and pass it Have a pet monkey Visit a third world country and help out

Six Word Memoir BIG heart Protected by Tongue Sharp

The Sound & the Fury Essay Click on the picture

Poetry Comparison Essay Click on the picture

Pigment Research Paper Click on the picture

A Depiction of my Soul

Second Grade Writing Journal

Fourth Grade Writing Journal

Sixth Grade Writing Journal