In my Student Led Conference Portfolio, I have entered six pieces that demonstrate my best work. The six elements consist of the Banned Book Quotation Chart, Taking Responsibility DEJ’s, The Hobbit Figure of Speech Chart, The Hobbit LRA’s, The House on Mango Street LRA’s, and finally the Fahrenheit 451 LRA’s. Out of all six elaborate pieces of work, my two strongest pieces are The House on Mango Street LRA’s and the Fahrenheit 451 LRA’s, which are placed in the reading section of my fourth quarter portfolio along with the other four reading responses. I feel that The House on Mango Street LRA’s demonstrate my best work because I put my best possible effort into each LRA that we were assigned to complete. One LRA reflects on the vignette titled “Bums in the
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To prove my effort, “‘One day I’ll own my own house, but I won’t forget who I am or where I came from. Passing bums will ask, can I come in? I’ll offer them the attic, ask them to stay, because I know how it is to be without a house’ (Cisneros 87). This quote shows that Esperanza is caring and considers the people who are less fortunate that her. She will let bums live in her attic because she knows and understands the struggles of living in poverty.” In the quote, I prove that I am able to dig deeper than the original idea of the text and analyze the traits and personalities of the characters in the plot. In the “Bums in the Attic” LRA, I strongly analyzed Esperanza’s character and how it affects those around her. I proved that I am able to understand the material I read and respond thoroughly to the text. I read the vignette, “Bums in the Attic” and was able to respond and draw conclusions about Esperanza’s caring, considerate characteristics. Additionally, my Fahrenheit 451 LRA’s prove my ability and growth in analyzing over the eighth grade year. The LRA responses on the fourth section of Fahrenheit 451. In this LRA, I went past the central idea of the text and dug deeper through
To prove my effort, “‘One day I’ll own my own house, but I won’t forget who I am or where I came from. Passing bums will ask, can I come in? I’ll offer them the attic, ask them to stay, because I know how it is to be without a house’ (Cisneros 87). This quote shows that Esperanza is caring and considers the people who are less fortunate that her. She will let bums live in her attic because she knows and understands the struggles of living in poverty.” In the quote, I prove that I am able to dig deeper than the original idea of the text and analyze the traits and personalities of the characters in the plot. In the “Bums in the Attic” LRA, I strongly analyzed Esperanza’s character and how it affects those around her. I proved that I am able to understand the material I read and respond thoroughly to the text. I read the vignette, “Bums in the Attic” and was able to respond and draw conclusions about Esperanza’s caring, considerate characteristics. Additionally, my Fahrenheit 451 LRA’s prove my ability and growth in analyzing over the eighth grade year. The LRA responses on the fourth section of Fahrenheit 451. In this LRA, I went past the central idea of the text and dug deeper through