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Welcome to my 10^th grade portfolio. My name is Shaurice H and I’m 15 years old. My favorite color is purple and I love to sing and dance. My favorite sports are Basketball,Volleyball and Softball.I have one brother and one sister that live at San Paqual Academy with me. Jabriel is my older brother and he is a senior about to graduate. Sharay is my younger sister that is in the 7^th grade. As you read my portfolio you will learn that I’m a very out going person and I’m up for any challenge. I’m a hard worker and I’m very determined. You can visit my blog at Shaurice1995.blogspot.com to read and comment on my most recent school work I have done. Thank you for visiting.

Improvement

Over the past two years, I have been exposed to lots of new things and new people. For example, my writing skills weren’t as good as they could have been because I transferred to different schools. Now I can write an essay with out getting nervous because it has to be 5 paragraphs. I improved by accepting the fact that if I didn’t try I would be leading myself to failure and that was something I did not allow.

My reading skills were good but now that I look back they are great! I can read any big words with out having to sound it out because I know the concept of reading in my head. I have read chapter books and novels to improve my reading skills over the last past two years.

My speaking skills were not good at all. The only way I knew how to talk was slang and gang violence. I’ve decided to make myself a better person and talk like I have sense. If I say something like “mines” I correct myself because I know that is not a word. With the speaking skills I have now I am able to speak to adults and be looked at as if I have respect. I improved my speaking skills by taking English class very serious. I also improved because it was my choice.

My group-work skills are no as good as they should be but I am working on them and trying to fix them. I understand that in college your professor may have you work on group projects so that is why I choose to participate in group-projects. My group- working skills are getting better.

I was afraid to work a computer because I had no idea what I was doing. Now that I have Ms. Priester’s class I know everything I could ever know about them. I also too Kyle Conwell’s class as an elective my freshman year. As I get older I know more and more stuff about technology.

 To improve my academic skills I will continue to be open to learn new things. I will continue to turn in my work and pay attention in class and finish my homework. This is my improvement paragraph.

Portfolio - Future

I feel that my future is in my hands and I don’t want to mess it up. My goals are to be successful in life and stay on the right track no matter what I decide to do with my career. I plan to go to college but the biggest goal for me is to attend San Diego State University which is my favorite college of them all. I want to make this goal come true because if I do I won’t have trouble with transportation because my family lives near that school. Being in high school has opened my eyes to see what is ahead for me. It’s time for me to step up and look into serious and important things that will only help me. In order to complete these goals I must continue to keep up my grades and have no D’s or F’s. My family and friends will help me achieve my goals by staying in my life and keeping me motivated. I genuinely believe that my goals will come true and if not that then I will live a decent life.  

Playwrights Project Play Performance

Today four actors from the Playwrights Project came to campus to perform excerpts from our plays. The word that describes how I felt during the plays is relieved. My play didn’t get read and even though it was good I didn’t want the actors to act mine out. Also, lots of people had very good plays which relieved me that we ran out of time and they didn’t get to read mine. This experience has impacted me because of all the great plays I seen get acted out. Lerontae, Nora, and Bella had very awesome plays. When the actors were acting them out I thought to myself “This play has really caught my attention”. Then I got to see the Playwrights writer of the play and I was very impressed.

Greatest High School Accomplishments

My greatest high school accomplishment was getting involved in sports and having a 3.8 for volleyball season. I never thought I’d play sports because I was never forced to. Now that I’m in high school I see all the opportunities I get when I’m playing sports. I can get a basketball scholarship to San Diego State University if I tried hard enough. Although I don’t think they recruit kids out of high school any more. Also for volley ball I had to receive a 3.5 to play and I received a 3.8. I didn’t think I would even get a 3.0 better yet a 3.8.  I was so proud of myself. After that I lost hope in myself because I let people get into my head and I gave up. If I tried and was super dedicated I could do it. Now that I am about to be a junior I realize that grades are very important in sports and for a scholarship you need at least a 3.8. I love sports and I’d do anything for them. I don’t just play one sport I play Volleyball, Basketball, and Softball. I love them all!

My Educational Experiences

“How has your educational experience influenced your current academic performance?” Well I must say that everything I have learned at my other schools has paid off for me now. I'm very smart and intelligent and now when I see school work it's nothing I haven't learned or seen already. Due to my educational experiences, I am currently in the 10^th grade and I have very good grades. I set very high standards set for myself. I currently make sure that my homework/class work is finished at the time it is required. I come to school everyday ready to learn even when I’m having a bad day.

Greatest High School Obstacle

I have had many obstacles my last two years of high school but one to me stands out the most. The one that stands out to me is when I had to earn a 3.5 GPA to stay on the volleyball team. I knew I could do it but it took a lot of hard work. I had little room for error but with consistent focus and doing my homework everynight I was able to pull it off thankfully. I know I can do a lot better than what I am right now, I just need to put in the effort. This to me has been the greates high school obstacle, but I'm certain more will be on the way.

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Free Blog Post

Well today and Priesters class Lexi and Amy almost fought but Becky and I being the good friends we are held her back. Other people that I have altercations with are making it into a bigger deal then what it is. I dislike half the girls on this campus because they love the starting stuff but sooner or later they will need to grow up because when they leave here it won't be the same. It seems like they have nothing better to do. I feel that if girls were to fight more often than there would be more respect for each other here. I'm not trying to say that fighting is a good thing but that's how a lot of people take out there anger and living here we aren't able to do that. Moving on, on Saturday my sister and I are going to get out pictures taken and give it to someone as a gift. We also got it court approved to take hosre back riding lessons. My first lesson is June 4 I think. Well this is my free blog post.

Playwrights Project Play Completion Reflection

Right now I feel disappointed in myself because I did not enter my project into the contest because I was still editing it. I feel that my play was very good, I took my time and it’s a true story. I don’t want the actors to act out my play because I’m kind of embarrassed. I’m afraid of what people might say about my play. I don’t want people to judge me if they don’t like my play. If there were time for me to enter the play I don’t think my play would win because there is no type of comedy it’s just a very direct play.

SPA Prom 2011 or Free Write

This year’s prom was not as fun as the year before. I feel this way because there was a lot of drama and almost a couple of fights. I was being pushed around but I kept my mouth shut. Lot's of girls were pretty and Latoya's dress was the best. Belinda won best hair. Tedra and Shanice won prom queen and king. Jennifer M and Marcos G won prince and princess. Next year I’m going to run for princess. Each year I wear different colors. This year I went with Jabriel and we wore Fuchsia, Gold and Black. Next year I’m going to wear blue.

Posters in the Hall

I do not think it's wrong that SPA students just post the words of Caucasian men in our halls. I say this because not many people know more famous people who have quotes that are different quotes. In my opinion I feel that more Caucasian people are more known for things more than any othe4r race in the world. That just goes to show what students are learning in history classes in today’s society. Students should know more than just Caucasian quotes because some people may think of that as racism. I myself don’t find it racism because I don’t know too many other race’s with famous off the top of my head but I’m willing to learn them.

Summarize, Paraphrase, and Quote Peers’ Posts

Summary: This is a summary of Becky's blog post titled "Comment-Seeking Post". To access the full post, click here Comment-Seeking Post. Becky's blog talks about growing up as a young girl trying to become women that every young girl is soon to be. In other words, she is trying to live the grown up life which is still kind of hard. Beck says how she's having family issues, which everyone has. I give credit to her because she has stepped up to the plate and other girls haven't. That's a very hard job and a very hard part of life at her age. Paraphrase: This is a paraphrase of a section of Becky's blog post titled "Comment-Seeking Post". To access the full post, click here Comment-Seeking Post. "The only disadvantage of working is having to keep up with my school work".Quote: This is a summary of Becky's blog post titled "Comment-Seeking Post". To access the full post, click here Comment-Seeking Post. " I recently just started work at Foot Locker, and I really like it."

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Quote, Summary, or Paraphrase Paragraph

Welcome students! Today, I am going to teach you about what evidence is. Evidence is that which tends to prove or disprove something. You summarize evidence when you use quotes, and put things into your own words. To summarize you break long sentences into smaller one by using your own words. You quote evidence when you are going to use the exact same words from the internet or person. To use a quote you must put quotations around the sentence in the exact same form. You paraphrase evidence when it is a short simple section of text that you can easily put into your own words. To paraphrase you retell the ideas using your own words. To help you remember this, you should study as much as possible because it will really help.

Mosaic Research

COmment-Seeking Post

This year for prom I’m going to wear green and white. Prom will be here in no time and I have not found my dress or shoes. I tell myself I’m going to go shopping over the weekend but I procrastinate. Also, the person that usually gives me the money for my prom stuff is in Georgia. I constantly have to call my mom and dad to see if they can help me out but then at the same time I hate taking money from them because I know that they are not wealthy. I wish that I could get a job but I can’t because I’m so young. I can’t do stuff with my friends because they always get to do it before me because of my age. I’m kind of indecisive about going to prom but in the end I always pull through with it. I’m really picky, which is another reason it’s hard to find a prom dress.

Title: President Obama’s Big Announcement

To learn about Osama bin Laden’s death, I read[http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/05/02/pakistan.bin.laden/]and learned that Osama had a reason to die. First, US troops dropped from helicopters and raided his house. Next, they had a gun fight with Osama. Then a trooper shot him in the head. Finally, his body was buried over seas. Now, I think that we America should be careful because we never know whats goning to happen to us after we have killed somone so important to Pakistan. Now that I have read/watched the news, I predict that someone will try and get revenge for Osama.One thing I predict is that someone is going to take Osama's place.I think this will happen because Osama was a "true" leaderto Pakistan. Another thing I predict is that a war will be started. I think this will happen because they have killed Osama.I hope that America is safe and we don't have a war because innocent people will die.

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