LeRoy,+Joseph

=Joe Leroy's Portfolio=

Letter
Dear Ms. Justice,

In my portfolio you will see all of my strengths and weaknesses of all of the writing I do. I guess I’m in the middle but closer to the top of the writing process. Right now I’m getting the hang of all the processes in writing. I am starting to write better than I was before and my paragraphs, grammar, and punctuation are getting up to great standards. Hopefully all of this hard work will help me pass the writing test at the end of the semester. My grade in English is only in the 70s which is passing but I plan to ace this letter and writing portfolio to bring it up. All my grades are A’s and B’s besides this class so my goal is to get this D to at least a B. I write well with creativity, but need to work on all of my details and examples of my writing. I have gotten better at all of the things I need improvement in that we have learned in class. Most of the things I am good at in writing are the following: I am very creative when I write such as in the assignment when I had to write about something that happened in class when a desk got flipped over and had to use all the vocab. words. I got a 100 on that and you made some good comments. I am very thorough like when I had to make a diagram about story of the flood and genesis. Of course a got a 100 on that too. Everyone needs to make improvements but here are some of the ones I need to make. First, I only use some parts of the writing process. I don’t use the prewriting part. When I read a prompt all of things I would write down are in my head. To me I don’t have to write them down before I make the final product. When these thoughts are in my head they shoot down through my hand like a lightning bolt and onto the paper. I plan on acing the infamous writing test and passing on to English 3.

Vocab Paragraph no date
There were two kids fighting. One of the kids feelings were in a __maelstrom__. The other kid threw his book with all of his __emendations__ in it on the floor. Since kid # 1’s feelings were hurt he felt __impotent__ so he hit kid # 2 and knocked over the desk. After all of that kid # 2 was on the floor so the class was laughing and he had lots of __chargin__. After all of this they felt the __antithesis__ of friendship.

Effects of Drunk Driving Essay 10/28/11
All the reasons why drunk driving is very dangerous are listed here. People get hurt, killed; they damage their cars, and at least ten other reasons. Drunk driving causes at least half of the deaths of human beings, so it’s time to stop them. Drunk driving is dangerous because it is a weapon when you get into a car. You become a murderer at that time. People drink and drive but death, prison, and rehab are some of the effects. Is it worth it? Some of the main effects of drunk driving car crashes are all of the lives that are taken. According to the Associated Press, in Austin Texas, Reggie Stephy’s SUV veered into the Oldsmobile carrying Jacqueline Saburido and four of her friends. Two were killed, two were rescued, and Jacqui was burned on 60% of her body. There were 17,448 drunken driving deaths in 2001, up from 16,572 in 1999; the last time M.A.D.D. conducted it’s “Rating the States”. That represents an increase of about 5%. These ratings represent the increase in deaths from 1999 to 2001. Just imagine what all the parents and family members feel like. Most of these car crashes are just like the one with Jacqueline, where there are three-five people in the car. I don’t know anyone personally who has been killed or injured in a crash. But I’m sure I can’t even imagine what parents feel like. It is situations like these that make me not want to drink at all. And I try to convince other people to do the same. Sometimes it works but sometimes it doesn’t.

Night Chapter 3 Summary no date
Most of chapter three is about them meeting S.S. officers and wondering if they will survive or die. They see the war zone and all of the devastating damage. The concentration camp. They might go to the crematorium or just get shot into their own grave. All of this because they are Jews. At the end of this chapter Elie and his dad escape the concentration camp. They make it to the other camp where there is cement walls and nice people. Elie wondered about his mother and Tzipora.

Chapter 4 Part 2 Summary 10/10/11
In part two of chapter four lots of things happened. His dad was taking abuse by Idek. Idek wanted the kids crown and he wouldn’t give it to him. They got transferred to the Buna factory. As soon as they got there they started to look for food that someone might have left behind. While they were looking the kid saw Idek having sex with a woman. He got caught watching. He got a beating with a whip. Then the base got bombed.