FINAL REFLECTION

Assignment #10 Final reflective portfolio WEEK 10

1. What have you learned about writing in the last ten weeks? These last weeks have been great for me i have learned a lot from grammar to write complete and acure sentences.



2. How does this help you in school? work? personal life?This writing class has helped me in school in the way so that I can share my ideas with other students and come up with better writing strategies. Also, to use standard english rules of grammar,punctuation,and mechanics in a paragraph writing . At work, this class helps me in differents ways. I have learned about spelling and grammar so when I am writting an e-mail or doing memos for any costumer i double check my work . Finally, my personal life is improving more than i thought. I feel more secure when I am writing a paper or helping others with their writing strageties.


3. What were your three midterm goals? have you met those goals? how? if not, what tools do you need to meet those goals? The goals were to be able to write in perfect standard American English rules of grammar , make the reader get into my story when he/she is reading my paper and have no spelling errors. I have meet my goals with all the practice and papers that we did in class also the time that we took to check every paper again and correct any mistake.

TOPIC CHOICE

Assignment #8 WEEK 8

Topic sentence : how his son change his life
3 examples

• life style
• Responsable parent
• work and academic goals

ESSAY "HOW HIS SON CHANGE HIS LIFE"

Assignment #9a 9b WEEK 9

Topic sentence: How his son change his life

3 examples

• Life style
• Responsible parent
• Work and academic goals
  How his son change his life. Ever since December 30^th, 2007 his life has changed for the better. Nothing has ever been the same his life style has change , he became for the first time a dad and a responsible parent, and he start planning his work and academic goals for the future. Now his life took a different path and he is going to do the best to follow the right path. An eight pound and nine ounce baby named Jayden was born.
  In the first place he is not longer a normal twenty-two year old, all party nights have changed to night in. All because Jayden counts on him for everything and he trusts him completely. Before Jayden was born a weekend for him will be going parting ,movies, hanging out with friends what a teenager will do at his age. His life style change from one moment to the other but he knows is for the best, he is learning from this new experience. Jayden has changed his life because he teaches him new things every day. Whenever he is upset, he teach him how to smile, Jayden taught him how to love in many ways.
  Besides that his son change his life, he being more responsible now. The word “love “ has a new meaning there is no words to explain how deep the love for his son is. He calls him “daddy”, now that his two year old depends on him he is more responsible. When Jayden needs something he is there for him, cares about him, feed him, makes sure he has everything he needs, and when he gets sick he rush to his doctor to make sure he is ok. A responsible parent has learned a lot from his son and he thanks God for giving him the strength and wisdom to know how to take care of his son. Now Jayden is his other half he takes care of him like nothing else.
  Also school is not just his future, but Jayden as well; in the same manner his job has to be taken seriously. As a result all of his actions have changed. He needs to plans his work and academic goals for now and the future. He cannot take decisions just about himself he needs to think about his son future as well. The job that he has now is not the best but is secure and is a full time job that helps with all expenses in the house. He is going to school now to became a professional and give his son a good life. His he is working in his goals and time goes fast and by the time that little boy growths up he will thanks his that for the type of life he have give to him.
  Finally, that little angel that God has sent him has changed his life for the better. It is amazing how this little human being has changed so many things. Now he understand being responsible is part of being a dad. Also the word love has a new meaning, until this day he is still learning new things from his son. Jayden came to his life to change everything but he do not regret it at all.

REVISED CAUSE AND EFFECT PARAGRAPH

Assignment #7 WEEK 7Jorge Jimenez

5/18/2010

1. What is the purpose of your paragraph? Is to inform the causes of dropping out of school for teens.


2. What is the product ? Dropping out of school is an issue faced by many teens today. Dropping out are caused because of family issues like abusive parents,family income,family members dies, teachers.


3. What is the pre-writing strategy? The pre writing strategy that I used is to inform the reader about the causes of teens dropping out from school.


4. How will you begin to write this paragraph? I will begin by my topic sentence then by listing the important cause. The packaging will include my three causes and examples and the conclusion will end with that anything that causes an student to feel unsafe make them drop out.


5. Have you spell your work? After writing my paper I revised again to make sure my spell is good and if i have any questions i will ask my friends in class.


6. Have you used the grammar checker on your word possessing program? When my paper is done I used the grammar checker to make sure my paper is correct.


7. Have you read your paper over to make sure you do not have minor errors? At the end when I am done with my paper I double check for my punctuations to make sure they are placed correctly.


8. Have you used one inch margins and double spaced the text? Is your name on the paper ? Since we are doing our papers on a blog we do not have those options but I will have done it on Microsoft Word. Yes my name is on the paper and the date as well.

REVISED COMPARE AND CONTRAST PARAGRAPH

1. What is the purpose of your paragraph ?

The purpose of my paragraph is to put contrast the city of Miami (USA) and the city of Cartagena (Colombia).

2. What is the product?

The product of my paper is that although Miami and Cartagena both are tropical cities, they offer variety of fun.

3. What is your pre-writing strategy?

My pre-writing strategy is a brainstorming because I capture all my thought,ideas and fragments into my head and writing down on the blog.

4. Have you spell checked your work?

My work is double spell checked my friends at class checked for me and I revised again. I used grammar checker on my word possessing program.

5. Have you used one inch margins and double spaced text?

I have not used one inch margins and double spaced on my text because since we are doing it on a blog you do not have those options like on Microsoft word.

Dropping out of school is an issue faced by many teens today.

Assignment #6a WEEK 6 Cause and effect paragraph

Topic Sentence: Dropping out of school is an issue faced by many teens today.



Cause 1: "Family problems"

• Abusive parents



• Family income

Cause 2: "Family environment"

• Family member dies



• Child is born

Cause 3: "School Teachers"

• Teaching fast



• Students give up

Dropping out of school is an issue faced by teens today. Students use dropping out of school as a way to escape from their problems. One important cause is family problems. Teens face abusive parents they feel scare and have no support to go back to school. Family income also affects the students because they want to have flashy and expensive clothing to go to school. By no having this type of clothes they think they will look bad going with cheap clothes. Changes on the family environment also affects the student progression. If a parent dies, that will change drastically his progression. They would not be the same anymore and they will just want to be alone and been in their room all day. When the parents give more attention to the other child that affects the teen to drop out of school. Another result is some teachers teach too fast and with the teacher moving too fast causes failure on the grades and makes students to give up. Anything that causes an student to feel unsafe can make them drop out.

1. What is the purpose of your paragraph? Is to inform the causes of dropping out of school for teens.


2. What is the product ? Dropping out of school is an issue faced by many teens today. Dropping out are caused because of family issues like abusive parents,family income,family members dies, teachers.


3. What is the pre-writing strategy? The pre writing strategy that I used is to inform the reader about the causes of teens dropping out from school.


4. How will you begin to write this paragraph? I will begin by my topic sentence then by listing the important cause. The packaging will include my three causes and examples and the conclusion will end with that anything that causes an student to feel unsafe make them drop out.


5. Have you spell your work? After writing my paper I revised again to make sure my spell is good and if i have any questions i will ask my friends in class.


6. Have you used the grammar checker on your word possessing program? When my paper is done I used the grammar checker to make sure my paper is correct.


7. Have you read your paper over to make sure you do not have minor errors? At the end when I am done with my paper I double check for my punctuations to make sure they are placed correctly.


8. Have you used one inch margins and double spaced the text? Is your name on the paper
   ? Since we are doing our papers on a blog we do not have those options but I will have done it on Microsoft Word. Yes my name is on the paper and the date as well.

Journal Entry #2 [week four Definition Paragraph]

• What have you learned about writing in the last four weeks?

When it comes to writing I feel more secure about myself. I would like to be more strict on my work so i could improve every day more and more. Definition is another assignment that we have done in class. I learned how to define something in my own words without doing research. That way, the person that is reading my paper has an idea of what I am defining.

• How does this help your school? work? personal life?

I like the way of how I am improving in class by doing this definition writing. My friends in class and I, as we starting a new assignment, we come up with ideas.Then we help each other correct our assignment. At work, I have to send a lot of emails , faxes and do various types of letters. Definition writing is a good tool at my job because i have improved a lot on looking for a perfect word when sending an e-mail, a fax or a letter to make my work look professional. In my personal life, whenever I did not know the meaning of a word, I would run to the dictionary or the internet to research about it. Now I want to come up with my own ideas that will help me define that word without doing any research.

• Set three writing goals for the remainder of the term. State each goal, explain how you will accomplish the goal, and note any resources you will need.

My three goals will be to define more words , improve at my job and push myself to the limits. When I think of a word and come up with my own ideas to define that word, I help myself open up my mind to learn about the meaning of the word. When it comes to a job, it is very important to do your best so they could notice you like your job and that you want to advance to have a better position. This last assignment about definition made my work easier at my job. I feel more secure when writing an e-mail. I feel that my costumers are reading a well written e-mail. Next, I want to push myself to the limits. With everything that I have learned I can become a better writer.