Kaya Buschke
ERWC
Informal Reflection
Assessment Standards Assessed
Unit 1 Portfolio Writing: Write stories to
develop experiences
using different techniques
and event sequences.
Animal Bill of Rights Writing: Develop claims
and counterclaims
thoroughly, using relevant
evidence, strengths and
weaknesses; anticipate
the audience.
Senior Research Writing: Gather relevant
Paper information from multiple
authoritative print and
digital sources, using
advanced searches
effectively; assess the
strengths and limitations
of each source in terms of
the task, purpose, and
audience; integrate
information into the text
selectively to maintain the
flow of ideas, avoiding
plagiarism and
overreliance on any one
source and following a
standard format for
citation.
Period 2
10/13/16
Reflection Improvement Strategies
I believe that I One way I can improve
exceeded the standard is by reading back what
that was assessed. I I wrote aloud to make
used many different sure it flows just right. I
techniques and always also can try
used proper event brainstorming before i
sequences. When jump right into writing a
writing, I challenged paper to ensure clear
myself to go go beyond and concise thoughts.
what I have done thus
far.
I believe that I I can improve by not
surpassed the letting myself become
expectations in the stressed out when
standard. I used writing essays because
relevant evidence for that only ever leads to
my paper and explained writers block. I need to
my claims with detail slow down and think
and facts. In this essay about everything I write
I pushed myself to meet to ensure it is important
all the standards by and improves the
stepping outside of my quality of my papers.
own comfort zone.
I went beyond what was To improve, I could start
expected of the on the whole paper a bit
standard for the paper. I sooner. Towards the
used several different beginning I
sources to obtain procrastinated a little,
valuable information to but I still had enough
be included into my time to feel that I was
paper. I was able to do on track for finishing the
so while keeping a nice paper. I have become a
flow to the text that lot better at getting
made it easy to read things done more
and understand. quickly without
distractions this school
year though.
 Kaya Buschke
ERWC
Period 2
10/13/16

Value of Life Speech Speaking/Listening: Despite my To improve I should

Present information, apprehension towards have come into the
findings, and supporting this assignment I do assignment less
evidence, conveying a feel that I exceeded the negatively to prevent
clear and distinct given standard. I fear associated with the
perspective, such that provided a great project as a whole. I
listeners can follow the amount of evidence and should not have let the
line of reasoning, proof to support my idea of the assignment
alternative or opposing perspective. I delivered overwhelm me and
perspectives are the information in a cloud my mind. This is
addressed, and the clear way so that an ongoing problem
organization, listeners could easily that I am working on,
development, substance, follow along and but it is a slow process.
and style are appropriate understand the greater
to purpose, audience, purpose.
and a range of formal and
informal tasks.

Into the Wild Journal Reading: Analyze the In the journal I went
authors choices on above the standards behind on reading
how they develop and addressed. I analyzed
relate elements of a in detail the significance
story of the epigraphs within
the book and the
Speaking/ Listening: Be choices the author
prepared to refer to made. I pieced together
evidence from other the elements of the
texts about a topic to story to realize the
stimulate thoughtful development of the
ideas character and the
novel.
I tended to get a little bit
which made me have to
work a little harder than
I should of. I need to
stay on top of reading
so this I dont create
more work for myself
and fall behind.

Into the Wild Essay Reading: Analyze the In the essay I met the In working on this essay
authors choices on standards that were I had a hard to coming
how they develop and addressed. I used up with what I wanted
relate elements of a textual evidence to to say next. I had a bit
story support my claims and of writers block. I
provide examples to should have taken
Speaking/ Listening: Be improve my paper. I breaks to clear my mind
prepared to refer to developed carefully and open it up to new
evidence from other thought out sentences ideas.
texts about a topic to to make my writing
stimulate thoughtful stronger.
ideas