1. Annabelle Strait’s Portfolio
Ms. McGee
AP English Literature

2. Table of Contents Letter to you, the reader.
My bucket list parts 1, 2, & 3
My six word story
Sound & the Fury Essay
Poetry Comparison Essay
Pigment Research Paper
My soul
Second grade writing sample
Fourth grade writing sample
Sixth grade writing sample

3. Reflection Letter Dear Reader,
Like every single person who goes through school, my writing has greatly improved. However, in some ways, my techniques have not changed. In elementary school, I LOVED to write about anything. My teacher in second grade had us keep a writing journal and she gave us daily prompts. I had the opportunity to write about anything my imagination allowed, and I understood there were no limits to what I could produce. I was confident and comfortable with everything I wrote.
Middle school brought upon a new challenge. I had all these ideas in my head ready to be written down, but I was struck with a problem: how to organize it all. The first research paper I wrote in seventh grade was horrible. I had no real concept of how to organize my thoughts into a really good paper. I started to create outlines for all of my papers. That was a very important step in my writing career.
Writing papers, essays, etc, was easier until my junior year in AP Language and Composition. The whole class was about how to write and analyze papers. I thought this took the beauty and the therapeutic effect out of writing. However, I was wrong, like usual. I read many different books in my junior and senior year, and realized I wanted my writing to be as good as those authors. I envied their unique styles and their effective ways to capture their audience. Since I’ve realized that, I have really tried to take time to make sure my writing is well-crafted but still my own. I think I have successfully combined what I believed in elementary school with what I learned in middle school. I only hope to improve even more from here.
Sincerely,
Annabelle Strait

4. Bucket List part 1 Go to several European Countries Marriage
Singing lessons
See a giant squid
Own an ice cream parlor
Teach myself a foreign language
Join a sorority
Invent something useful
Pet a tiger/lion/other big cat
Become a psychiatrist and have my own practice

5. Bucket List part 2 Learn how to sail a boat
Train a cat to do things like a dog
Have a garden full of pansies, my favorite flower
Be a millionaire by age 30
Run into a celebrity in every day life
Write a whole story for once
Learn how to surf
Get Laser Vision Correction
Swim in the largest swimming pool in the world

6. Bucket List part 3 Visit every single state at least once
Have a garden where I can grow food
Learn how to dance
Take the MCAT and pass it
Have a pet monkey
Visit a third world country and help out

7. Six Word Memoir
BIG
heart
Protected by
Tongue
Sharp

8. The Sound & the Fury Essay
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9. Poetry Comparison Essay
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10. Pigment Research Paper
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11. A Depiction of my Soul

12. Second Grade Writing Journal

13. Fourth Grade Writing Journal

14. Sixth Grade Writing Journal