Final Portfolio

English 10 Final Portfolio

Self Regulation

     My self regulation during my time in English 10 has been nowhere near where it should have been. For the second half of English 10 my assignments have been consistently late. Apart from this procrastination, my attendance has been really good and my control of the “elephant” was rather good as well. I did not frequently check my Ipod for notification and found I was able to focus on the teacher or presenters quite good. In class I give my peers the utmost respect and am always willing to offer assistance whenever and wherever it is needed. I feel as if I could have made a much better use of my time in class to do something productive as I noticed that when I wasn’t listening to someone speak I found it hard to concentrate on doing work. Overall I think I deserve an 18/33%

    

 

Quality of Communication Skills

    

      

      Making connections is something I have struggled with in the past but I think I did a good job in making connections in my tattoo assignment and my Summative Essay when I made the connection of caring for little children like my mother. During class when there is a subject of interest or curiosity I ask questions to gain further knowledge on topics.

     In my summative essay I backed up the idea of applying the concept of stepping in someone else’s shoes more commonly as a means to understand the different social, political, religious, and financial situations different people are in and how it could help people come to an understanding of others pain and suffering.

I think I deserve a 20/33% for quality of communication skills.

Contribution to the Learning Environment

      One subject area I think I could’ve spent more time on is the evaluation of the work of my peers and to provide feedback for them to improve themselves, at the same time gaining tips on how to better my own work. I did however pitch in my opinion on a few topics being discussed by the class. 

I also have begun a new concept of discussion during one of our early talks about Romeo & Juliet.

I’ve contributed to the analysis of not fully understood lines from Romeo & Juliet.

I pitched in my initial suspect of Wellingtons murderer which helped broaden the scope of the class’s discussion.

Here are examples of me providing feedback to classmates.

I think I deserve a 20/33% for contribution to the learning environment

     Overall I think the reason why I give myself such a low mark is due to my poor decision making when it came to regulating my time during class and at home. Growing up I always enjoyed reading pretty much anything with an interesting plotline. As I grew and read more books I found my vocabulary increasing as well as my ability to put words together in unique ways. When I procrastinate however, I am left with less time to complete assignments to my fullest potential. This is a shame as I think if I were a bit more wise with my decisions I had the ability to be an exceptionally good writer this year. Judging from my past experience with English being pretty successful I believe my abuse of the freedom given by you is what led to my disappointing mark and if you feel a passing grade isn’t deserved then I understand.

18%+20%+20%+1%=Overall 59%