College Prep English Portfolio
Kristina M. Hamilton
This is a senior year English class. In this class, we write papers, read British literature books, and do vocabulary. This class gets us ready for college English courses.
Writing Essays & Analysis
We wrote five essays and two analysis first semester. We type everything on Chrome books or our own laptops.
British Literature Books
We have to read five British Literature books and test over them. First semester we took three book tests.
Vocabulary
We took eight vocab quizzes and one 120 word final first semester. Every two weeks we take a quiz on 20 new words.
About College Prep English
Dr. Watkins' website about College Prep English
Academic Resume
This is a list of my education, honors, leadership, organizations, service, and work during my four years of high school.
My Favorite Mistake
I wrote my essay on tearing my meniscus my sophomore year. I learned a lot from not listening to my body when it told me something was wrong.
College Application Essay
This essay was about something that would define you and would set you out from the others who apply to the same colleges or scholarships. I wrote how my Aunt Jennie getting diagnosed with cancer changed me as a person, and I wouldn't be who I am without that happening.
Definition Essay
This essay was about how to define a basic word and defining it how you think it means. I chose friendship.
Compare & Contrast Essay
This is an essay that we compared and contrasted two articles "Darkness Too Visible" by Meghan Cox Gurdon and "Why the Best Kids Books are Written in Blood" by Sherman Alexie.
Cause & Effect Analysis
We wrote an analysis over if immigrants should only speak their foreign language.
Agruementive Analysis
We wrote an analysis over if mass media is making us less intelligent.
Dec 21, 2016 8:11 AM