Lindell,+Hailey

=Hailey's Portfolio =

Letter
Dear Ms. Justice, My portfolio will show how I have improved as a writer so far this semester. Throughout this semester I have improved my writing abilities and have acquired several strengths, but I still have some weaknesses that I need to work on.

One of my strengths is my use of punctuation. I learned a lot about punctuation in my English 1 class last year. In most papers I write, I don't normally have many punctuation errors. In my All About Me essay, I made sure that I had commas where they should be. My new strength that I have developed is my organization skills. At the beginning of the semester I didn't know much about organizing an essay. In my All About Me essay, my paper was not organized in a good way and I didn't have smooth transitions. I fell that I have improved since then; in my Effects of School Uniforms essay, my organization was a lot better.

With the improvements I have made and the strengths I have gained, I still have some weaknesses. One of those weaknesses is my confidence. I don't have much confidence in what I write. Throughout all of my years in school, I don't remember a time when I was fully confident in my papers. In my Experiences with Writing paper, I talk about how even after going over my writing several times, I never feel like it's good enough. Another one of my weaknesses is adding length to my essays. I feel like some of my papers are shorter than they should be. In my Effects of School Uniforms essay, I only have four paragraphs. The paragraphs in that paper only had, at the most, five sentences. I have a problem of thinking of more things to write whenever I see that my paper is too short.

In the future, I plan to continue to improve my writing skills. I will focus on my weaknesses throughout the rest of this semester, English 3, and English 4.

I do not consider myself a good writer because I'm not a very creative person. I never know what to write about. Even when I am given a certain subject to write about, I never know how to start writing about it. When I have written before I always have grammar mistakes even after I have edited the paper, and I don't ever think that my paper is good enough.

I was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and raised in North Carolina. I moved to Newport, North Carolina in 1998, and then to New Bern in 1999. My mother is from Huntington Beach, California, and my Dad is from Lancaster, New York. I have a 17 year old sister named Jackie.

I have three dogs: Sadie, Mischa, and Charlie, and I have two cats: Tic-Tac and Oakley. In my free time I enjoy photography, I play volleyball, and I am going to be coaching a young recreational volleyball team for the first time later this year.

I like almost any type of movie, but my favorite movies would be comedies. Comedies are my favorite because they make me laugh. I enjoy many different types of music but I don't have a favorite genre.

My goals in life are to go to a university with a volleyball scholarship. I would like to major in photography. Three adjectives that would describe me are shy, athletic, and optimistic. I am shy because I don't like to be the center of attention. I am athletic because I have played many different sports. I am optimistic because I always have a positive outlook on life.

Night Ch 3 Summary
They had arrived at Birkenau when Wiesel and his father were separated from his mother and sister. Then him, his father, and other Jews were sent to their barracks. After a while the gypsies made them run for half an hour to the concentration camp of Auschwitz. Again, they were told to run until they reached another block. The prisoner in charge of that block and the “veteran” prisoners treated them without brutality. They were in Auschwitz for over three weeks when the prisoners in charge was replaced with a new head that was savage. After all the skilled workers had already been sent to other camps,the left over workers were moved again.At the end of four hours of walking, they made it ti their new camp of Buna.

Night Ch 4 Summary
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They arrived at Buna, where all the prisoners agreed it was a good camp. After the medical examination they were put into the first block. Him and his father got to work together in an electrical warehouse. In the warehouse they didn't have to do much work, the just couldn't be caught not doing anything. When he worked, he often worked next to a young French girl, who helped him one day after he had been beaten by Idek. He met her again many years later in the Metro. One day their unit didn't have to work so they each in turns went for walks. Wiesel was punished for what he saw when he went on his walk; he was not allowed to tell anyone. On one Sunday, the air-raid sirens went of because Buna was being bombed. A week later the SS men started to hang people. The first to be hung were three men who stole during the alert. Others that were hung were the Oberkapo and a young boy.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Effects of School Uniforms
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are many effects of school uniforms. Some of the effects are positive; some are negative. Examples of positive effects are decreases in suspension, crime, and fighting in schools. A negative effect are the court issues that have been brought to attention.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Most schools with uniforms have seen dramatic results. Across the country schools have had drops in crime and suspension. The Long Beach, California school system had crime and suspension both decrease by one-third. Fighting in their schools has dramatically dropped by one-half. Another positive outcome is the rise in attendance that uniforms has brought.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With so many good results, there are only a few negative outcomes. One of them involves court issues. Some people say that uniforms violate free speech and personal liberty. The people who are opposed to the idea of their school having uniforms say that they take away the students' right to express themselves.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The reactions to uniforms have been mixed. Uniforms seem to have an effects on most violence in schools, but can be viewed as taking away rights of the students. With both positive and negative results, it is hard to tell if uniforms are the way to go for every school.