Caitlin Willis Hello and welcome

to my digital
portfolio! You
can view it by
using this quick
link to my
Table of Contents.

Ms. McGee
AP English 12
• Reflection on my writing
Table of
• Bucket List Contents
• Six Word Life Story
• Written Assignments From Class
– Research Paper: Hot Air Balloons
– Essay Test: Heart of Darkness
• Additional Assignment
– AP Psychology Research Paper:
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
• Creative writing To the left is my
table of contents
– Poem: Hot Air Balloons where you will
find all the links
• Soul Project to my portfolio
• Artifacts: pages. To return
to the table of
– 1. Short story written in 5th Grade: contents, just
Welcome to Planet Earth: A Survival Guide click the yellow
lily in the bottom
– 2. Short story written in 3rd Grade: corner of each
My House page. To return
– 3. Poem written in 7th Grade: to my Wikispace,
click here.
Dear Reader,
As you can see from my artifacts, my writing style
has changed completely since elementary and middle school.
I consider myself to have been very creative and open
minded at that age. I rarely had trouble coming up with
something to write about because of my vivid imagination.
Whether if it was designing my own house, writing my own
mystery, or creating a survival guide for aliens, the
younger me had endless ideas.
In middle school, the writing continued but the room
for creativity slowly ceased. By eighth grade, the
majority of our writing assignments were answers to prompts
or research papers, most of mine following the required
five paragraph format. Writing, which I had once enjoyed,
became boring and redundant.
In high school I learned to write a solid paper that
was not only informative, but also had style. Learning new
concepts such as diction, syntax, and figurative language
has helped me perfect my writing into what it is today.
Sincerely,

Caitlin
Click here to listen to my recording!
25 Things To Do Before
I Die
1. Get a tattoo 1. Learn a second language
2. Swim with dolphins 2. Climb an active volcano
3. Go bungee jumping 3. Go to a music festival
4. Run a marathon 4. Sky dive
5. Complete a triathlon 5. Participate in the
6. Be an extra in a film Polar Plunge
7. Send a message in a 6. Buy an island
bottle 7. Visit the
8. Ride a camel into the Great Wall of China
desert 8. Take an African safari
9. Scuba dive off 9. Go to Amsterdam
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
10. Meet Lil’ Wayne
10. Go up in a hot air
balloon 11. Shower in a waterfall
11. Attend the Olympics 12. Ride the world’s biggest
roller coaster
12. Set foot on each of the 7
continents 13. Ride an elephant
 A KID
NOW,
HELPING
KIDS
LATER
  
Hi, I’m Sammy Sodium, Sammy Sodium
So don’t confuse me with Potassium,
My symbol is Na,
22.9898 g/mol is how much I weigh,
I was discovered in 1807 you see,
When Sir Humphrey Davy first isolated me,
In the periodic table, I’m number eleven,
Shortly after Nitrogen who’s number seven,
I am part of the alkali metal group,
So can I get a whoop whoop?
My coloring is a silvery white,
If you mix me with chloride, I’m quite a
delight,
I am present in abundance in the stars and sun

And I have an oxidation number of

one,