Self-Assessment Letter Guidelines The following are the guidelines for your final portfolio’s self-assessment letter. When writing your letter, make sure that you are using correct APA format in terms of page set-up and that the writing is as technically clean as possible. Also, please use the following prompts to assess your writing throughout the quarter: 1. Evaluate your writing process a. Evaluate your work habits, your ability to develop pieces of writing from invention materials to polished drafts. i. What kind of writing activities did you do? How well did they work? ii. What techniques seemed to help you most and why? How do you know? iii. Cite or quote specific passages from your drafts to demonstrate your assertions. 2. Evaluate two of the three pieces of writing in your portfolio a. Evaluate two of the three pieces in the portfolio i. What makes this piece good? ii. What surprises you in this piece? iii. How did the piece change as you revised it? iv. What would you do differently with more revising? v. Cite or quote specific passages from your drafts to demonstrate your assertions 3. Evaluate the portfolio as a whole a. Based on your evaluation of individual pieces, evaluate your overall writing. i. How is your writing now similar to writing you did in the past? ii. How does it differ? iii. What do you want your work to say to others about you? What does your work say about you? What are the differences? 4. Evaluate your performance as a student a. Evaluate your work habits in this course i. How well did you participate in class activities, including group work? ii. How energetically did you go about doing the work for this class, as a writer and as a student? 5. Summary and conclusion a. Include a summary and conclusion i. How well do you believe you did in this course? ii. What grade do you think you deserve, based on the quality of work shown in this portfolio? (Avoid discussion of how hard you worked—focus on what you’ve achieved.) Hispanic Studies Mechanics 3 points There are no errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling. Organization 3 points All points unique and well defined. Clear topic sentences. Effective paragraphing. Smooth transition between points. Use of Citations 3 points Citations are strong and sufficient to advance points. Content 6 points Complete and effective development of all points. Clear and effective introduction and conclusion. Appropriate tone. Inclusion of any necessary background information. 2 McDonald’s Ad: Dad Analysis McDonald’s Ad: Dad Analysis Reem Boushahri ENG 1100 Mrs. Michelle Metzner November 7, 2014 McDonald’s Ad: Dad Analysis In every advertisement McDonald’s always underlines that it is a family restaurant. McDonald’s usually uses happy people of different ages, genders and nationalities in their ads. These ads are telling people that McDonald’s is waiting for everyone to find s.

1. Self-Assessment Letter Guidelines
The following are the guidelines for your final portfolio’s self-
assessment letter. When writing your letter, make sure that you
are using correct APA format in terms of page set-up and that
the writing is as technically clean as possible. Also, please use
the following prompts to assess your writing throughout the
quarter:
1. Evaluate your writing process
a. Evaluate your work habits, your ability to develop pieces of
writing from invention materials to polished drafts.
i. What kind of writing activities did you do? How well did
they work?
ii. What techniques seemed to help you most and why? How do
you know?
iii. Cite or quote specific passages from your drafts to
demonstrate your assertions.
2. Evaluate two of the three pieces of writing in your portfolio
a. Evaluate two of the three pieces in the portfolio
i. What makes this piece good?
ii. What surprises you in this piece?
iii. How did the piece change as you revised it?
iv. What would you do differently with more revising?
v. Cite or quote specific passages from your drafts to
demonstrate your assertions

2. 3. Evaluate the portfolio as a whole
a. Based on your evaluation of individual pieces, evaluate your
overall writing.
i. How is your writing now similar to writing you did in the
past?
ii. How does it differ?
iii. What do you want your work to say to others about you?
What does your work say about you? What are the differences?
4. Evaluate your performance as a student
a. Evaluate your work habits in this course
i. How well did you participate in class activities, including
group work?
ii. How energetically did you go about doing the work for this
class, as a writer and as a student?
5. Summary and conclusion
a. Include a summary and conclusion
i. How well do you believe you did in this course?
ii. What grade do you think you deserve, based on the quality of
work shown in this portfolio? (Avoid discussion of how hard
you worked—focus on what you’ve achieved.)
Hispanic Studies
Mechanics
3 points
There are no errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation and
spelling.

3. Organization
3 points
All points unique and well defined. Clear topic sentences.
Effective paragraphing. Smooth transition between points.
Use of Citations
3 points
Citations are strong and sufficient to advance points.
Content
6 points
Complete and effective development of all points. Clear and
effective introduction and conclusion. Appropriate tone.
Inclusion of any necessary background information.
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McDonald’s Ad: Dad Analysis
McDonald’s Ad: Dad Analysis
Reem Boushahri
ENG 1100
Mrs. Michelle Metzner
November 7, 2014

4. McDonald’s Ad: Dad Analysis
In every advertisement McDonald’s always underlines that it is
a family restaurant. McDonald’s usually uses happy people of
different ages, genders and nationalities in their ads. These ads
are telling people that McDonald’s is waiting for everyone to
find something interesting for himself or herself. I chose to talk
about the McDonalds’s ad: dad. Because I believe this ad has
strong Pathos, Ethos and Design.
Firstly, the ad has interesting Pathos. Which means to persuade
an audience by emotions and what the author wants them to
feel. I think the relationship between pictures and written
material is very strong from the first look. When someone looks
at the text, it tells a story of a mom who shares her feelings by
emphasizing that her husband becomes a child when they are
going to visit McDonalds. The text is written informally to be
easy for viewing and understanding. There are several sentences
in the text, which is enough to underline the main pros of
McDonald’s without making anybody tired of reading it. There
are little hearts over the text; it describes emotions that belong
to the mother who is sharing her feelings about her husband and
son.
What I found interesting about this ad, is both dad and son

5. were not wearing shoes. I believe It has strong impact on the
viewer’s understanding of this ad. Not wearing shoes means that
these people are currently at home. Where they feeling
themselves in the most comfortable way. By feeling empathy,
the viewer begins to feel the same emotion of safety and
empathy.
Secondly, I found that the ad has strong Ethos too. Which
means that the author wants to show to his audience that he has
good sources and it’s worth listening too. So I think the picture
of father playing with his son and the text is the most important
part in the ad. Every image and every word has its own place
and meaning. From the first view of the ad, we can see two
people enjoying playing together. It is clear that it is dad and
son. When someone looks at the image it creates a very positive
and good mood. Because when the viewer feels that way, he
will come to McDonald’s for sure. It seems that dad and son
have the happiest moments in their life. When the ad comes
with children, People who look at the ad will pay more attention
to them, children are cute creatures and I believe children they
create sign of hope and happiness to people’s life.
Finally, the Design of this ad. I think it is simple and catchy at
the same time. I think this ad is quite effective and persuasive
to me. When someone looks at the background of this ad, it’s
white; people usually use the white background for ads that
have images. Color white means something positive like
goodness, safety, protection, perfection and heaven.
McDonald’s advertisements meant to use color white to share
the positive things to everybody. Of course there is a famous
McDonald’s logo in the bottom in right corner of the
advertisement. Which usually says: “I’m lovin’ it “, so it is
enough to look at the poster for one second to understand what
the whole ad is about. In addition, McDonald’s use people of
different skin color and different social status in their ads. I
think that this poster belongs to a series of posters, which

6. describes other families with different social position. In this
poster, these are black family, they are African Americans and
they belong originally from Africa. In the ad, these people look
healthy, happy and in a good shape.
Running head: MOVIE EVALUATION (2): AVATAR 2009
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MOVIE EVALUATION: AVATAR 2009
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Movie evaluation (2): Avatar 2009
Reem Boushahri
ENG 1100
Mrs. Michelle Metzner
November 24, 2014
Avatar 2009
Avatar 2009 is a sci-fi movie, which was directed by James
Cameron. The film stars are Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana and
Sigourney Weaver. One of Cameron's past movies that he is
known for is titanic .The Movie Avatar can be considered a
good sci-fi movie. Because of the quality of the story, its set
design and visual effects.
Avatar simply tells a story of a world called Pandora, a
vigorously forested moon circling the planet Polyphemus
situated in Alpha Centauri star system. The main point of the

7. story is respecting Mother Nature, other cultures and protecting
Natural Habitat. The film is set in the year 2148, and the world
common resources are totally developed. The Na'vi live in
Pandora and they follow their culture that known as the
Omaticaya .The heroes of the movie are: Jake Sully played by
Sam Worthington, after his twin brother death, Jake offers to
take his job as part of a science group on Pandora.Neytiri
played by Zoe Saldana, a little girl of the family's founder
Eytukan the father, and Mo’at as the mother. People would like
the story because Humans in the movie are trying to destroy the
Na’vi’s and their culture to get what they want, so what
happened in the end, a war between Humans and Na’vi’s. The
enemy is Parker Giovanni; he started the war with his team.
Additionally, they destroyed the Na'vi's holy tree (the tree of
souls), to get to one of the biggest stores of unobtanium.
Another thing what makes Avatar a good movie its set design.
The set design is considered a work of art. When someone think
about set design the first thing comes to his mind is how an
avatar is created. The world Pandora. The floating mountains,
The AMP suits and every creature in the movie. “Amount of
primary research would go into planning a set design, using
paintings, photography’s and other evidence of period or
contemporary life, artistic license would prevail the essence of
a place or period in the middle zone.”(Street, Sarah)
The whole movie is made with visual effects; the extraordinary
use of lights and different colors draws people’s attention. For
example, the waterfalls and the sky are introduced with special
use of lights and colors. The color of the Avatar body and how
it is created to match Jake body. “The first part of Jake’s
voyage for this is, above all, a boy’s rocking adventure, if one
populated by the usual tough Cameron chicks takes him from a
wheelchair into a 10-foot, blue-skinned Na’vi body. At once
familiar and pleasingly exotic, the humanoid Na’vi come with
supermodel dimensions slender hips, a miniature-apple rear;
long articulated digits, the better to grip with; and the slanted
eyes and twitchy ears of a cat. The gently curved stripes that

8. line their blue skin, the color of twilight, bring to mind the
markings on mackerel tabby cats. For Jake his avatar, which he
hooks into through sensors while lying in a remote pod in a
semiconscious state, is at first a giddy novelty and then a means
to liberation.” (Manohla Dargis, 2009), including the reality
camera system, to film in three dimensions-3D.” An Eden in
three dimensions, that is. In keeping with his maximalist
tendencies, Mr. Cameron have shot Avatar in 3-D because many
theaters are not equipped to show 3-D, the movie will also be
shown in the usual 2, an experiment that serves his material
beautifully. This isn’t the 3-D of the 1950s or even
contemporary films, those flicks that try to give you a virtual
poke in the eye with flying spears. Rather Mr. Cameron uses 3-
D to amplify the immersive experience of spectacle cinema.
Instead of bringing you into the movie with the customary
tricks, with a widescreen or even Imax image filled with
sweeping landscapes and big action, he uses 3-D seemingly to
close the space between the audience and the screen. He brings
the movie to you.”(Manohla Dargis, 2009)
In conclusion, movie Avatar obviously presents James
Cameron's efforts and the time taken to make persuasive story
with great visual impact. It was a good sci-fi movie because of
the quality of the story. I think the movie is sending a message
to people to respect Mother Nature and other Cultures, even if
we are in different world. I haven’t seen a Sci –Fi movie like it.
The set Design and the visual effects of the movie were
wonderful and creative.
References “James Cameron Creates A New world, Both
Cosmic and Cinematic – NYTimes.com” The New York Times –
Breaking News, world news& Multimedia, Dec 17, 2009.Web.
21 Nov. 2014.
“Street, S . (2005) . Sets of the Imagination: Lazare Meerson,
Set Design and Performance in Knight Without Armour (1937).
Journal of British Cinema & Television, 2(1),18-35.

9. Portfolio Requirements
The final requirement for successfully completing this course is
that you submit a portfolio of your polished work.
The portfolio will contain the following elements, which follow
APA format:
· Final draft of the Event essay
· Final draft of the Ad Anlysis essay
· Final draft of the Movie Evaluation essay
· A Self-Assessment Letter that accurately evaluates your own
writing and your writing process
In a two-pocket folder, place the following in the following
location and order:
On the left side of the folder:
· All drafts of your Event paper (This set of papers should be on
top and the first thing I see on the left side of the folder.)
· Label them with a Post-It by First Draft, Second Draft, etc.
· All drafts of your Ad Analysis paper (This set of papers
should be the next thing I see on the left side of the folder.)
· Label them with a Post-It by First Draft, Second Draft, etc.
· All drafts of your Movie Evaluation paper (This set of papers
should be the last thing I see on the left side of the folder.)
· Label them with a Post-It by First Draft, Second Draft, etc.

10. On the right side of the folder:
· Your Self-Assessment Letter (labeled with a Post-It – this
should be the first thing I see on the right side of the folder.)
· Your final Event paper (labeled with a Post-It – this should be
the second thing I see on the right side of the folder.)
· Your final Ad Analysis paper(labeled with a Post-It – this
should be the third thing I see on the right side of the folder.)
· Your final Movie Evaluation paper (labeled with a Post-It –
this should be the fourth thing I see on the right side of the
folder.)
My First Year Car Accident
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My First Year Car Accident
My First Year Car Accident
Reem Boushahri
ENG 1100
Mrs. Michelle Metzner
October 22, 2014
My First Year Car Accident

11. My first day of classes at Wright State was on Monday at 8:00
am. That day, my schedule said that I had only 2 classes. My
mom was excited more than me, and she surprised me with a
new car she bought as a gift for my first year in university. I
was happy and so shocked at the same time that I could not
believe it. So I took the car for a ride to reach my first class on
time, which was at 9:30 am. My mom told me to take care, do
not speed, and drive safely.
I was scheduled to have two classes, which ended at 2:00 pm. I
was walking on campus when I heard a storm coming, from my
classmates. Later on, exactly after half hour, the snow started to
fall down and covered all the streets, and everything outside
was completely invisible. I thought driving in this condition
was safe, so I decided to go back home. It was a long day, so I
went to my parking spot at 2:12 pm and started my car to drive
back home. When I arrived at Zink Rd, streets were covered
with snow, so it was hard for me to slow down. I remember that
I was speeding more than 20 Km/h, so it was hard for me to
control my car to slow down or to bring the car to a complete
stop, so when I was turning into my community’s main
entrance, here the problem began.
I hit my brakes to slow down suddenly; I bumped a car, which
related to an old lady. She looked like a housekeeper, like my
grandmother. After that, I was talking to my self-saying “Oh!
Please... What I have done? “ I went to check on the old lady.
She was so angry, and she was yelling at me because I damaged
her car. She said, “Look what you did to my car! I will call the
cops… And you need to give me your policy number!” I told
her,” Sorry about that. As you see ,I damaged my car too, and I
don’t have full coverage!” When the cops arrived about 5
minutes after the accident ,the officer asked me for my license
and the registration.
I looked at him and I was so scared and nervous, he looks like a
married person and I thought that he was in Army or something.
I remember that I told him I do not have a State License I have
an International one. I give him my International license, “No

12. lady! Do you have an state license?” He said. “No sir, I still
working to get it” I said. It was freezing cold so he asked me
and the old lady to come and discuss my situation in his car.”
your young lady in trouble and you have to go to court, some
one must come and pick you up, I am warning you and you
cannot drive your car” He said.” yes sir, I will call my cousin” I
said. Then the officer gave me a paper that said I have a court
after a week, when the Officer left I started to call my cousin”
Hi Ahmed, Please!! Come to Zink Road right now, I had a car
accident” I said. “What! When did this happen? Are you hurt? “
He said. “No, I ‘m OK but please! Come and help me,” I said.
After an hour I went back home after my cousin came to help
me, “ Mom I’m home, with bad news! “ I said. She was upstairs
in the bathroom so she couldn’t hear me clearly, “what! I can’t
hear you, what’s going on?” she continued. When she went to
the kitchen where I was standing, “HI my awesome college
daughter! You look so tired, what happen?” She said. I was
shacking “ mom I had a car accident, on my way to home” She
was shocked, “Really! ……Are you OK? , Where is your car? ,
Who sent you here?” She said. “It’s my cousin mom, he was
with me in the whole time, I didn’t tell you because I was
nervous “. My mom told me that I have to work to get my
license or forget about driving.
Later on she called my father telling him about the accident, at
that time my father was in London for business. When he knew
about the accident he was so mad because I did not listen to him
either about driving in snow and without a State License. “Right
now you have to work to get your license, you need to respect
what your parents said to you,” He said. “Yeah father, I
understand, I will do my best,” I said. Today, I feel that I am a
responsible person who takes the important things seriously. I
been studying for the written test and the driver test for a long
time so that I get throw it, and I did it. Now, I have my license,
this was my goal .I been doing the same thing even in my
University life. Taking things seriously makes everything better
not just today, even in my future.

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