Third Trimester Writing Portfolio. Words of Introduction I am the kind of writer that has a big imagination and tries their hardest to make tears for.

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Third Trimester Writing Portfolio

Words of Introduction I am the kind of writer that has a big imagination and tries their hardest to make tears for the reader. Link: Words of IntroductionWords of Introduction

Table of Contents Slide # Title 2 Words of Introduction 4 Universal Health Care? 5 Emily Jane Bronte 6 Money & Sensory Poem Slide # Title 7 Outdoor School 8 Tricked 9 Sample Comparison 10 Self Evaluation

Artifact #1: Universal Health Care? Date: April 27, 2011 Genre: Persuasive Definition: A writing piece in which you try to persuade someone into agreeing with you. Reflection: I included this piece because it was a really important topic to me because I believe that everyone should be able to have health care so they can live longer. Link: Universal Health Care?Universal Health Care?

Artifact #2: Emily Jane Bronte Biography Date: April 1, 2011 Genre: Expository Definition: A piece of literature that fully describes a certain topic. Reflection: I included this piece because it really touched me that Emily Jane Bronte would purposely go through so much bullying just to change the world. Link: Emiliy Jane BronteEmiliy Jane Bronte

Artifact #3 & #4: Money & Sensory Poem Date: April 14, 2011 Genre: Poetry Definition: Literary work that expresses words really deeply. Reflection: I included this piece because I think that it is true and that rich people should share their money. I also wanted it to be strong and stick in their heads, so I wrote it in the form of poetry. Link: MoneyMoney Date: April 12, 2011 Genre: Poetry Definition: Literary work that expresses words really deeply. Reflection: I included this piece so people can get a vision of what I love. Also this piece really touched me. Link: Sensory PoemSensory Poem

Artifact #5: Outdoor School Date: May 20, 2011 Genre: Personal narrative Definition: A piece of literature that is a true story of the authors life. Reflection: I really was affected by Outdoor School, so I wanted to include it in my writing portfolio. Link: Outdoor SchoolOutdoor School

Artifact #6: "Tricked Continued...." Date: May 31, 2011 Genre: Science Fiction Definition: A piece of writing that includes parts of the future, for example aliens or ghosts. Reflection: I chose this piece to be in my portfolio because I wanted to put something fun in my portfolio. I also chose it because in my last portfolio I put "Tricked" so I am putting "Tricked Continued". Link: "Tricked Continued""Tricked Continued"

Sample Comparison 1st trimester piece: Mathography 3rd trimester piece: Outdoor School I think that I improved in sentence fluency 2. ideas and content 3. organization 4. word choice Link: Sample ComparisonSample Comparison

Self Evaluation In this piece you get to know what I improved on and what genres I like to write in. Link: Self Evaluation Self Evaluation