12102 Floral Drive
Whittier, California 90601
30 May 2013
La Serna High School
15301 Youngwood Drive
Whittier, California 90605
Dear Reader:
Hi, my name is Emily Reichert. I am currently finishing my freshman year and I’m in English 1 honors. I’ve always really liked English and so I’m very excited to see what challenges and things I will be able to write about next year. In my portfolio, on my English side, you will find poems I’ve written, my one-pagers, and essays. On my AP Human Geography side, you’ll find that I have my FRQ’s, maps, notes, and an important visual map I learned this year.
Improvements that I’ve made overall this year are that I’m able to manage myself time wise better, I’ve noticed I’ve become a lot more self-motivated, I’ve gotten a lot better at my free response questions in AP Human Geography and I’m able to think of the answers to questions that require a response faster. I received A’s in my portfolio
I really enjoyed my first English year at La Serna. My strongest areas are writing in MLA format, writing essays more quickly, and being able to find key points and describe them. In my other classes, Skills that I would like to improve upon in English are writing poems. I never know what to write about and when I do I have trouble thinking of what to write and how to make it rhyme. What I would like you to focus on in my portfolio is my Great Expectations essay on Pip’s changes. I worked hard on that essay and I’m really proud of the grade I got on it.
I’m expecting to do really good sophomore year. I know it’s definitely not going to be as easy as freshman year but I’m up for the challenge and I want to do well in my classes. Compared to me coming into high school as a freshman and not knowing what to expect I feel better prepared for sophomore year. Thank you for taking your time to read this and my portfolio.
Sincerely,
Emily Reichert
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