Writing Portfolio
Ahmet Alperen ÖZDİL
220110154
Writing Skills I
Assoc. Prof. Onur Ergunay
Izmir Democracy University
Faculty of Education
Department of Foreign Languages Education
January 2023
Content
Task 1. My Writing Experience
Task 2. Comparison Between Pool and Lake Swimming
Task 3. ….Title of the task
Task 4. ….Title of the task
Task 5. ….Title of the task
Task 6. ….Title of the task..
Task 1. My Writing Experience
I was opposed to expressing my feelings and opinions by writing until the last years of high
school. The things which changed my position against it was my level in my native language. When I
needed to express my deeper feelings or thoughts in Turkish, the text was going out of my control easily.
It becomes more literary and away from topic. So I decided to use English instead of Turkish. In English
the knowledge of words and ways which I used for express myself was more restricted. With the help of
that I can keep the text in my control easier than in the past.
Thanks to this automated practice. My English and my writing skills became better. There was a
benefit for the prep school exam which was in the middle of the education year. Who knows, maybe the
thing which made me get over that exam was this practice. And also I was calmer than previous times
because I was not keeping the things which make me uneasy in my head. I was writing them down
completely and better.
My friend's feedback: You can give more examples like essays or messages. Except these there is
nothing bad.
Task 2. Comparison Between Pool and Lake Swimming
First Draft:
The perspectives which swimming pool is better:
-It is really safe in two respects, one is easily accessible to health services and two is away from
dangerous creatures.
-Usually there are consoles which allow us to eat something easily.
-There are lockers which can be used for valuable belongings.
On the other hand there are perspectives that natural lake is better:
-It is more interesting, maybe you can find fishes or frogs there.
-It allows fishing too. If you are lucky you can gain your lunch from that lake.
-It is free and quiet, there are only birds, bugs and nature.
It is obvious that swimming pools are really regular and common. There is nothing
interesting in them and they are not free. But on the other hand they are always chlorinated
and fertilized against dangerous creatures. Also there are lifeguards too in case of drowning
they will help him or her right away. Maybe with artificial respiration and maybe just taking out
immediately from water.
Final Draft:
Pools are safe in view two things first is dangerous creatures and accessibility of health
services. Also it is comfortable, there are consoles which allow us to eat something easily. There
are steel lockers which can be used for valuable belongings. But there are perspectives which
lakes are better. Maybe you can find fishes or frogs there. Also it allows fishing . If you are lucky
you can gain your lunch from that lake. And it is relaxing, too free and quiet, there are only
birds, bugs and nature. It is obvious that swimming pools are really regular and common. There
is nothing interesting in them and they are not free. But on the other hand they are always
chlorinated and fertilized against dangerous creatures. Also there are lifeguards too in case of
drowning they will help him or her right away. Maybe with artificial respiration and maybe just
taking out immediately from water.
My experience:
Firstly i made mistake on forming also i
My beginning decisions were not easy, the hardest one was: How should I point the
perspectives of two sides?
But when I started writing it more inspiration came and I overcame it.
I did not prepare any drafting.My personal feedback was mainly about grammar mistakes and
low quantity of the perspectives so I decided to add a few more and gain help from the internet
about my grammar mistakes.
