When looking at my Unit 1 and Unit 2 portfolio, I see my greatest achievement has been. . .

When looking back at my Unit 1 and Unit 2 portfolio, I see my greatest achievement has been my TPCASTT’s in the poetry unit. I loved learning the poetry unit because poetry fascinates me. Even though analysing poems can take a long time, I find it interesting to understand the background details and poetry concepts that the author explains in their story. 

When looking at my feedback on my work (as found in Schoology), I see I still struggle with and/or I am improving upon. . .

Something that I struggle and want to improve on is my essay writing. When I write an essay under pressure there are certain elements in my writing that I either explain incorrectly or I won’t get to the main idea in my reasonings. I have received 3 out of 9 in my in-class writing and I would like to exceed my scores during second semester. 

When looking at my process piece, __________, (drafts 1 – ?) this was my approach to improving that work. .

When looking at my process piece in my Q3, this was my approach to improving that work by composing a clearer and organized thesis and evidence. I was able to get a much better result in my Q3 rewrite as I had a better focus for the reader to understand.

When looking at my Mastery data in Schoology for this course, I notice that. . .

I notice that my high scores at 100% are in the discussion posts and my poem analysis (F2.1, F8, F4). My lowest score at 50% was from my reflections (C4,C6).

Having reviewed the semester’s reading, writing, speaking, listening, and critical thinking, as well as my collaboration, creativity, and resilience, a goal I have for Semester 2 is. . .

I actually have two goals I would like to accomplish in semester 2. Academically, I would like to focus on my writing skills in order to receive better results in my classwork and have a better preparation for the AP Literature test at the end of the year. In terms of turning in work for the class, I would like to improve on my time management skills to balance my classwork with my after school activities. 

AND Choose 1:

Something I would like my teacher to know is. . . .

This semester I was struggling to get into the right start into this course. After taking AP Lang in junior year I wanted to push myself further to continue to grow as a learner in a humanities course as well as attain a higher knowledge into the depths of literature. Coming into this course later than others already put me behind the other students and raised my stress. Even though I was struggling to get started, learning about poetry in Unit 1 reminded me of how much I love literature and that the class would be really fun for me. As we continued learning about poetry and into short stories, my knowledge expanded to continue my love of learning for literature. I have struggled this semester for a few reasons. College applications were really stressful for me especially since I am applying to theatre school. Having many extra applications to turn in with the common app as well as the audition video process I couldn’t balance my school work and the college process. Secondly, with all the performing arts I have been taking this semester, put me into a really difficult position to keep my health up. Because I participate in most of the performing arts, I had attended many late night concerts/shows as well as I went to APAC which made me miss the month of November. November was probably the most stressful I have ever been since I missed most of Unit 2. We had a conference at the beginning of December and I remember us discussing about managing my time. Even though I would be gone for most of February because of auditions and APAC, I will try my best to keep up with the work. After all, I don’t give up, especially on a course I really wanted to take when I signed up in Junior year. I know this semester has been hectic to turn in my assignments but I still want to finish the semester and the end of the year strong. I am very sorry for all of this commotion but I am going to push through to try my best and keep on enjoying this course that I wanted to take.