ADVANCED READING &WRITING 1

WRITING PORTFOLIO

TEACHER: Maria Martinez

STUDENT: Jade Andrea Quispe Cruz

SCHEDULE: 4 PM – 5:30 PM

2024
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNIT 1 NATURE OR NURTURE
I. VOCABULARY TASK
A. Vocabulary task (paragraph to complete PPT)
B. Vocabulary task (the Word document with the list of vocabulary words and sentences to your
portfolio).
II. SUMMARY
A. What is a summary?
B. What is brainstorming?
C. What is an outline?
III. WRITING 1
A. WRITING 1 - DRAFT
B. WRITING 1 - FINAL
IV. REFLECTION
A. How important is it to identify the main ideas of a text in writing a
summary?

UNIT 2 FACING LIFE OBSTACLES

I. VOCABULARY TASK
A. Use the vocabulary on pages 37 and 51 to write.
- A simple sentence
- A compound sentence
- A complex sentence
- A compound-complex-sentence
B. Unit 2 Vocabulary Task
II. BIOGRAPHICAL PARAGRAPH
A. What is a biographical paragraph?
B. What have you learned from the person you wrote about?
III. WRITING 2
A. WRITING 2 - DRAFT
B. WRITING 2 – FINAL

VOCABULARY ALL UNITS

UNIT 3 MAKING MEDICAL DECISIONS

I. VOCABULARY TASK

A. What is an opinion essay?

B. What are the parts of an essay?
C. What is the difference between a topic sentence and thesis statement?

II. ESSAY
 COURSE REFLECTION
UNIT I - NATURE OR NURTURE
I.VOCABULARY TASK
A. Vocabulary task:
Many savants find it difficult to interact with others due to their social disabilities. It is hard for them to
be flexible in new situations. Some savants can transform numbers into images as if they were taking a
picture of an image. They can retain that information easily.
B. Vocabulary task:
A person's success comes with practice and persistence. Inventors require expertise to create
something innovative. The number of newborns are emerging more and more in adolescents.
Bad news is hard for people to assimilate. The Internet has transformed our way of communicating
with people.

II.SUMMARY:
A. What is a summary?
A summary is a short passage that contains the essential information of the original. It is a brief
restatement (in your own words) of the contents of the passage.
Note: you are simply reporting what the writer has said without making value judgments.
B. What is brainstorming?
Brainstorming is the process of opening our minds to come up with many new ideas and some
brainstorming techniques are clustering, listing, free writing.
C. What is an outline?
An outline is a structure that compiles in detail the development of a summary…
An outline contains:
➢ topic sentence
➢ supporting sentence
➢ concluding sentence
and these parts are very useful for structuring and organizing points into paragraphs.

III.EXAMPLE OF SUMMARY PARAGRAPH:

A. WRITING 1 -DRAFT (236 words)
Elon musk is one of the biggest minds in modern world. At age 12, he interacts a lot with computers
and was very talented with them. He saw a benefit in that so, he sold the videogame that he
developed to a computer magazine. Also, when he joined Stanford university, he assimilated that
internet might had much potential to change the world. After selling Zip2, a company that provided
information to online newspaper, Musk had the possibility to found other company, but in this time
he decided to specialize in transferring money online, he named it X.com but later he would change
the name to Paypal and it would become one of the biggest company in the world that everybody
used it. It was just the beginning of his success because in 2002, he found SpaceX, transforming the
way how people though a rocket would cost, because there weren’t many companies that make
rockets, but musk was anxious to look a way to perserve humanity in space, so he became a expert
in aerospace engineer making affordable rockets to do research in space. Musk also was interested
in the possibility to make electric cars, he was able to start his own company, but he decided to
became one of the major founders of Tesla Motors and with Musk's help, in 2006 Tesla introduced
the roadster, an amazing electric car that might travel 394km in one charge.
B. WRITING 1 – FINAL DRAFT (215 words)

Elon Musk is one of the biggest mind in modern world. He interact a lot with computers and was
very talented with them, he assimilated that internet might had much potential to change the world.
After selling Zip2, a company that provided information to online newpaper, Musk had the posibility
to found other company , but he decided to specialize in transferring money online, he named it
X.com. but later he would change the name to Paypal and it would become one of the biggest
company in the world that everybody used it. It was just the beginning of his success because in
2002 , he found too the company SpaceX,transforming the way how people thought a rocket would
cost, because there wasn't many companies that make rockets , but Musk was anxious to look a
way to perserve humanity in space , so he became a expert in aerospace engineer making affordable
rockets to do research in space . Musk also was interested in the possibility to make electric cars,
he was able to start his own company , but he decided to become one of the major founders of Tesla
Motors and with Musk's help, in 2006 Tesla introduced the roadster , an amazing electric car that
might travel 394km in one charge.
UNIT II - FACING LIFE OBSTACLES
I. VOCABULARY TASK:
A. Use the vocabulary on pages 37 and 51 to write:
➢ Simple sentence:
My brother has a longing for his marriage to last a lifetime.
➢ Compound sentence:
My best friend suffered the loss of her cat, so I decided to take her to the movies to distract her.
➢ Complex sentence:
While I was reading in my room, my father was struggling to get a ticket to see the alianza lima
game.
➢ Compound-Complex sentence:
Michael Jackson didn’t have self-reliance because he didn’t feel comfortable with his skin color, so
he decided to undergo surgery to change the way he looked and the color of his skin.
B. Unit 2 Vocabulary Task
Working in a school with kids is a constant…(fight/struggle) not because of the children, but because of the
overprotective parents who raise…
(accountable/irresponsible) human beings. The job is actually…
(tormented/laborious). It is natural that workers… (yearn for/long for) vacation time as it is necessary to take
time off.
The article of the life of Frank McCourt narrates how a man was able to overcome his meager childhood, and
sordid life during the early years of his life. The darkest years of his life became part of a best seller. Writing
“Angela’s Ashes” might have liberated him from the feeling of shame those early years of his life gave him.

II. BIOGRAPHICAL PARAGRAPH:

A. What is a biographical paragraph?
A biographic paragraph is when you describe the most relevant events in a person's life where you can focus
on a particular or several aspects of the person's life.
B. What have you learned from the person you wrote about?
Well, what I have learned is that one should never give up in spite of the obstacles in life and the most
important thing is that one should always have the desire to improve oneself in life.

III.WRITING 2
A. WRITING 2 – DRAFT (CORRECT) (256 words)
There are some people who thought that ethnic groups wouldn’t change, and overall it’s not entirely true , i
know some people who still maintain their life style, since they got married, but there are some people that
the different cultures make a different, above all if is peruvian , it’s the case from my cousin and her husband,
she is peruvian and he is Korean, they got married 3 years ago, she used to live in Korea but for her wedding,
they traveled to Peru. At the wedding, his family was dancing a strange ritual when mine was dancing salsa,
it was very strange but it’s part of their culture, 2 years later they have changed a lot. I don’t know how the
routine for a man in Korea is, but he always said that he wouldn’t change so suddenly. ,he has always loved
sports and a healthy life, he used to wake up every morning at 5 am for work or do exercise, now he wakes up
at the same time as my cousin 12 pm, he have talked to my cousin about her activities but she doesn’t seem
to care, and other change with the culture is when they greeting, he used to bow his head, but now he high
fives with the family and others. Now that I think about it, it’s great that someone of different ethnic group
has your manners. I can’t say if the change of ethnic group it’s okay, the most important thing is that they are
happy.
B. WRITING 2 – FINAL DRAFT (CORRECTED) (238 words)
There are some people who think that ethnic groups never change, and overall, it's not entirely true. I know some
people who still maintain their lifestyle since getting married, but there are some people that the different
cultures make a different, above all if it's Peruvian. That's the case of my cousin and her husband, she is Peruvian,
and he is Korean, they traveled to Peru. At the wedding, his family was dancing a strange ritual when mine was
dancing salsa, it was very strange but it's part of their culture. Two years later they have changed a lot. I don't
know how is the routine for a man in Korea is but he always said that he wouldn't change so suddenly. He has
always loved sports and a healthy life, he used to wake up every morning at 5 am to work or exercise, now he
wakes up at the same time as my cousin, at noon. He has talked to my cousin about her routine, but she doesn't
seem to care, and another cultural difference is when they greet, he used to bow his head, but now he high fives
the family and other acquaintances. Now that I think about it, it's great that someone from a different ethnic
group has your manners. I can't say if the changes that happen in the ethnic group are okay, the most important
thing is that they are happy.
 VOCABULARY
UNIT 1
1. COMPENSATE
Meaning: To provide something good or special in place of something
Sentence: I believe nothing will ever compensate for the loss of a son, it’s one of the worst
experiences ever a father can have, and nothing could repair it.
2. ESTIMATE
Meaning: To make a calculation, try to guess a number or a quantity
Sentence: Scientists estimate that by 2050 there won’t be enough water for all people, water
will become less accessible and much more expensive.
3. RETAIN
Meaning: To keep something, to hide and continue having it.
Sentence: Venezuelans are disappointed that Maduro still retains control of the government,
creating a crisis in the country and forcing them to escape from there.
4. ANXIOUS
Meaning: To feel worried and nervous about something.
Sentence: When the pandemic started, students began to feel anxious with online classes
because they couldn’t adapt easily to this new methodology far from home.
5. DISABLED
Meaning: To have a disability, it can be a physical or a mental issue.
Sentence: My father had a car accident three years ago, the accident left him disabled, but it
didn’t stop him, he is still working, and he believes that a disability shouldn’t be considered as a
disability.
6. PREDICTABLE
Meaning: An adjective used when something is about to happen, is not unusual because you
have proof.
Sentence: I don’t like a lot of romance movies because most of the time, the ending is so
predictable, the girl will marry the boy even though many problems appear.
7. BENEFIT
Meaning: Something that produces good and it has helpful results.
Sentence: I heard our boss will promote people, that change could be to our benefit, we can’t
let this opportunity go, imagine being in a bigger office and receiving a higher salary.
8. IMAGE
Meaning: It is a visual and graphic representation captured of something.
Sentence: I downloaded so many images about sports. I hope them to be enough to put them in
the slides; if you need more just tell me and I will get what you want.
9.INTERACTION
Meaning: It is the or reaction when two or more people or things encounter.
Sentence: Usually, children like to interact with each other, they like to play together and they
develop social skills, but sometimes they can get an also argue.
10.SAVANT
Meaning: It is a person who has a high level of knowledge but can be less able in other aspects.
Sentence: There are musical savants who are very bad at running and playing soccer until the
sit next an instrument and make such and incredible piece of melody.

UNIT 2
1.ABANDOMENT

Meaning: To leave someone or something and there is no return back.

Sentence: I don’t understand how many children are abandoned in the streets, but some live in
hostels, they don’t usually study because they prefer to work to get some money.

2. MISERY

Meaning: A great unhappiness, discomfort, and distress.

Sentence: Been working 10 years for this company, he feels that his life is a misery, he gets by and
live with different debts, this feeling od being trapped makes him so unhappy.

3. YEARNED FOR

Meaning: To desire very strongly something that you can not have or is difficult to have.

Sentence: Many children yearned to become an astronaut, but they had to prepare so much and
what’s the hardest part is to be chosen, just some people had the opportunity to go to space.

4. TORMENTED

Meaning: To suffer, to be worried and anxious about something or someone.

Sentence: Students go to school to learn, unfortunately during secondary school, some might be
tormented by other students, becoming victims of abuse, this is called bullying.

5. DILAPIDATED

Meaning: That is a terrible condition, very bad, and needs repairs.

Sentence: That dilapidated house has been like that for a decade, the last owners moved to another
country, and they left the house, now only dogs and birds stay inside.
6. POVERTY

Meaning: It is the state of having few materials and possessions, extremely poor.

Sentence: Statistics show that poverty in our country have decreased until 2019 but it increased
when the pandemic started, now the government should impulse job and economy.

7.HOPELESSNESS

Meaning: It is the feeling that things are not going to get better or successful.

Sentence: He felt hopelessness when he couldn’t find a job, he had so many debts and he looked all
the ads around the town and no even in one of them he was hired.

8.SHAME

Meaning: It is an uncomfortable feeling then you have done something wrong or someone close to
you has.

Sentence: Look at that young girl, what a shame she lives far from her family in Argentina, she is
here to study medicine, I hope she could visit them on vacation.

9.SORDID

Meaning: It is something in really bad conditions, wretched and morally degraded.

Sentence: The sordid condition of many schools of the city was terrible, that’s why students still
can’t go to presential classes. Now they only have to wait until the repairments are finished.

10.DEFEATED

Meaning: It is the feeling of not wanting to continue and that you won’t achieve something.

Sentence: Juan felt defeated when he found out he’d failed the last science test, that grade was
essential for him to approve the course, now he doesn’t even want to come to this class.
 WRITING 3 – ESSAY
PART 1 - GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
ESSAY ORGANIZER

3 Parts of an Essay NOTES

II.Introduction:
Thesis statement: which provide us with
detailed information about a disease
allowing us to know the family history,
helping in the planning of future
generations and making better health
decisions.
II. Body Paragraph 1
Topic: detection of genetic diseases
and genetic passage
Body Paragraph 2
Topic: prevent diseases to future
generations of genetics
Background information
• Genetic testing can detect hereditary
diseases.
• People can know the genetics of their
future children.
• One of the best benefits is that it helps
you make better decisions.
• Genetic tests are beneficial and efficient
Body Paragraph 1
Support/evidence:
• Identification of the carrier who can
transmit the disease to children.
• Genetic tests study and interact with
tissues.
• the important thing to know about our
genetic history
Body Paragraph 2
Support/evidence:
• People can know the genetics of their
future children.
• Interaction with parents about their
genetics and risk factors
• Fetal tests
• planning for a promising future

III. Conclusion
Restate the Thesis: In my opinion, better benefits can help you make better decisions. For this
reason, people should start having new healthy habits.

Final Thought/Wrap-Up:
• Genetic testing can be beneficial for people.
• Detection of hereditary diseases and making better decisions
FIRST DRAFT ESSAY
GENETIC TESTING IS THE FUTURE

“Before we thought that our future was in the stars. Now we Know that it is in our genes". This future is
linked to genetic tests, which provide us with detailed information about a disease allowing us to Know the
family history, helping in the planning of future generations and making better health decisions.
In the first place, genetic testing can detect hereditary diseases. When diagnosing a genetic disease, the
identification of the carrier that can transmit that disease to their children is provided. How It works? Well,
genetic tests study and interact with cells or tissues to look for changes or mutations in genes, in this aspect
the genetic past is revealed. For example: Angelina Jolie discovered through a genetic test that she was an
inherited carrier of a gene that caused cancer in her mother. If Angelina had not taken the genetic test, she
might not have known that she was a hereditary carrier. In fact, it was not reliable that she would develop
that disease, even so she took more genetic tests for a long time and in the end, she was detected with
cancer, she managed to recover from the disease. However, if the follow-up test had not been done for
years, they would not have been able to detect cancer in time. Therefore, we can interpret how important it
is to know our genetic history.
Secondly, People can know the genetics of their future children. In such a way that people can consider the
idea of having a child in the future and plan it properly in case the children inherit certain diseases and can
raise it in a good environment. Likewise, there are experts who interact with parents to talk about their
future children, as well as provide important information about their genetics and risk factors, helping to
prevent future complications. In addition, it is possible to examine the fetus to see if it is affected and correct
any genetic alterations to cure the future baby. However, there are cases in which some babies are born with
a very serious disease because they were not tested for fetuses before. Many babies could have lived
without complications if their parents had intervened with fetal testing. For this reason, it is good to know
the genetics of future children in order to plan a promising future.

Lastly, one of the best benefits is that it helps you make better decisions. People can start to have new
healthy habits. If you discover that you are at risk of a certain disease, you can take some alternatives to
reduce that risk by exercising and maintaining a potential diet. Many people would not have changed their
habits if they had not known their risks. Also, you can skip unnecessary checkups or screenings if you find
you're not at risk for a certain disease. But some people avoid seeing the results and assume they have some
disease. If these people had seen their genetic test results, they might not have spent a lot of money on
unnecessary screening. Genetic tests could influence people to make good decisions.}

Genetic tests are beneficial and efficient. Some people are skeptical about the value of genetic testing.
However, many others are advocates of genetic tests as they are feasible for the detection of possible
hereditary diseases and help you make better decisions. In many ways, genetic testing is very helpful in
helping us stay healthy.
FINAL DRAFT ESSAY

GENETIC TESTING IS THE FUTURE

“Before we thought that our future was in the stars. Now we know that it is in our genes". This future is linked
to genetic tests, which provide us with detailed information about a disease allowing us to Know the family
history, helping in the planning of future generations and making better health decisions.
In the first place, genetic testing can detect hereditary diseases. When diagnosing a genetic disease, the
identification of the carrier that can transmit that disease to their children is provided. How does it work? Well,
genetic tests study and interact with cells or tissues to look for changes or mutations in genes, in this aspect
the genetic past is revealed. For example, Angelina Jolie discovered through a genetic test that she was an
inherited carrier of a gene that caused cancer in her mother. If Angelina had not taken the genetic test, she
might not have known that she was a hereditary carrier. In fact, it was not reliable that she would develop that
disease, even so, she took more genetic tests for a long time, and in the end, she was detected with cancer,
but she managed to recover from the disease. However, if the follow-up test had not been done for years, they
would not have been able to detect cancer in time. Therefore, we can interpret how important it is to know our
genetic history.

Secondly, people can know the genetics of their future children. Testing helps in such a way that people can
consider the idea of having a child in the future and plan it properly in case the children inherit certain
diseases and can be raised a good environment. Likewise, there are experts who interact with parents to talk
about their future children, as well as provide important information about their genetics and risk factors,
helping to prevent future complications. In addition, it is possible to examine the fetus to see if it is affected
and correct any genetic alterations to cure the future baby. However, there are cases in which some babies are
born with a very serious disease because they were not tested as fetuses before. Many babies could have
lived without complications if their parents had intervened with fetal testing. For this reason, it is good to
know the genetics of future children in order to plan a promising future.
Lastly, one of the best benefits is that it helps you make better decisions. People can start to have new healthy
habits. If you discover that you are at risk of a certain disease, you can take some alternatives to reduce that
risk by exercising and maintaining a potential diet. Many people would not have changed their habits if they
had not known their risks. Also, you can skip unnecessary checkups or screenings if you find you're not at risk
for a certain disease. However, some people avoid seeing the results and assume they have some disease. If
these people had seen their genetic test results, they might not have spent a lot of money on unnecessary
screening. Genetic tests could influence people to make good decisions.

Genetic tests are beneficial and efficient. Some people are skeptical about the value of genetic testing.
However, many others are advocates of genetic tests as they are feasible for the detection of possible
hereditary diseases and help you make better decisions. In many ways, genetic testing is very helpful in
helping us stay healthy.