Creative Writing Portfolio 2006-2007 Forest Park

1. Creative Writing Portfolio 2006-2007Forest Park Crystal Fotheringham 11 Mrs. Dowling

2. Introduction My portfolio consists of my writings created throughout my eleventh grade. I hope you enjoy them. I would like to dedicate my portfolio to my Mom who is always there for me and supports me in everything that I do. My favorite entry that I have written is my poetry entries “Stuck and Forever Sparks”.

3. Table of Contents Portfolio 1 Journal Entry 1 Journal Entry 2 Journal Entry 3 Journal Entry 4 Journal Entry 5 Writing Assignment Poetry Additional Work Reflections

12. Reflections

15. Sailing Through the Wind

16. Three Wishes

17. Tests / The Rain The stress of pressure The nerves of tests Oh why why The agony of striping knowledge From your mind Searching deep within the folds Struggling to grasp concepts That pertain to the old has beens Old thrown out knowledge Wishing that it had kept in To whish that life didn’t all sum up With choice A, B, C, D and sometimes E Oh the misery! Hoping to do well To pass advance If so the joy would swell But still the test will come Am I ready or must I to fail? Will I do the best that I can do? All I wish is that I will Drip drop The sound it makes Ker-plop The rain falls down Hitting objects on the ground Splattering slathering Slipping and sliding Making their way slowly But steadily downward Through objects sparkling Wet What a sight The rain makes When cruising down the slopes Then wetting the ground For plants to grow Drip Drop The rain sounds

18. Future Awaits I’m nervous Nail biting begins Now I worry About my fate Can’t the test wait? I’m not ready To decide my future My destiny in this world Must I decide that now? Can’t I stay small? I’m to scared to leave My house My friends My family I really can wait Well maybe… I feel like I have too much stress Or maybe it’s just how I look at it Why should I worry? I’m not sure But I hope that the Pit in my stomach Sweating and nail biting Soon ends I hope that I will soon Be at peace And be safe From this fateful doom

19. Freedom

20. The Hiding Place

21. “Don’t worry, you are safely hidden. Can I get you anything?” “No, thank you, I’m too shaken up right now to think straight. If you don’t mind I would like to be by myself for a while.” “Sure, make sure you get some rest. Goodnight.” “Good night, Mrs. White.” Closing off the entrance, Mrs. White returned to the main floor to wait for her husband to come home. Finally, the front door opened and in walked her husband. “Dad,” cried their only child who was three. “Emily,” Mr. White said as he hugged her tight. “The soldiers came today,” Mrs. White stated as calmly as she could. “Really, did they find anything?” Mr. White asked. “No, thank goodness, but Anne is pretty shaken up,” replied Mrs. White. “All we can do is hope that the war will end soon,” stated Mr. White. “Hope and pray, I guess, but you better go check on Anne and see how she is doing,” Mrs. White commented. While Mr. White was checking on Anne, Mrs. White set the table. She turned on the radio to listen to any news about the war between the United Nations and Germany hoping all the while for some good news. It was not long before Mr. White and Emily joined Mrs. White for dinner. War reports, it seemed, was all that they ever listened to anymore. “It’s August and Germany is undergoing more bombing in Ploiesti, Romania, and Ruhr Valley causing a lot of damage to oil fields. This damage is causing productions to slow down.” “Well, that’s good news, but we better shut it off before the police discover that we have a radio,” said Mr. White. “We better hide it in a different place. We were lucky that it wasn’t discovered this afternoon,” replied Mrs. White.

23. Reflections How have you developed as a writer this semester? (What have you learned or what skills have you gained?) I have improved a lot in my writing I feel more comfortable to share my writing with other people and I have gained more knowledge on how to structure some of my writings. What lessons about writing can you apply to other classes? It helps in a lot of my classes actually pretty much all of them in history we are supposed to do paragraphs about a chapter we had read and writing has helped me, Latin reflects some of the writing lessons that I have learned, Science we use writing by doing projects and other stuff like that. What do you feel is your best piece of writing in your portfolio? Why? I feel it is A Flock of Geese because I love how it shows imagery and my use of words. What strategies have you used to overcome some of the challenges of writing this semester? I ask for suggestions and try to write how I think I should and hope it turns out good. What were your strengths in writing? I think poetry is my strength in writing it didn’t used to be one of my strengths but for some reason this year it is. What areas do you need to continue to develop as a writer? I found that writing Adventure stories is a part that I need to work on because I had a hard time writing this assignment.