Reading is an important part of our language arts class. Here is a book review that I wrote in Quarter One:
Reflection: I believe that I did a good job on this book review. I chose to include this in my portfolio because I included a lot of detail, while not giving any major events away. However, I wish that I would have included better transitions. Also, I could have added more images. Next time I write a book review, I intend to include all of these things and choose a format other than word. For example, I might make a movie or do a color, symbol, image. Overall, I think that I did a pretty good job on this book review.
Here is a book review that I wrote in quarter two:
Reflection: I chose this book review because I think it shows my ability to summarize articles and books without giving important information away, while still making it sound intriguing. However, I still have not done a book review with any other format besides google docs and word. That is something that I could have done differently that I plan to do next time. On the other hand, I think I did well with rating the book in detail. Overall, I think I did well on this book review.
Quarter 3:
Reflection: I chose this piece because I think I did a good job in summarizing the book and rating it. I believe that my rating makes the book seem interesting and appealing to readers. However, I could have made the book review look nicer by formatting it differently so the images were more spread out. This might have made people want to read my book review. Overall, I think that I did well on this book review.
Quarter 4:
Reflection: I chose this piece because it shows my ability to analyze texts such as poems (like in this example), narratives, and essays. I think I did a good job at annotating the poem because my comments were very clear. However, I could have been more descriptive with answering the questions at the bottom of the page. Overall, I think I did well on this "poem dissection."