Parent Portfolio

Hello mother and father! i hope you enjoyed conferencing with me and seeing what i have learned in Moanalua. So now i am asking you to answer some simple questions based on the portfolio i had showed you.

What did you like best about my portfolio and portfolio conference? What would you like to see me improve on in my portfolio?

From your point of view, which of my attainments of the 4 traits of writing is of most value? Please explain why you feel it is important and what about my documentation of it impresses you.

Which of the traits of writing would you like me to focus on in the coming semester?

Thank you! love you both!

KC3 essay rough draft

Hawaiian Music is lovely music, commonly known in the Beautiful Islands of Hawaii. Hawaiian music is a very unique genre. Some places have never heard of Hawaiian music. But in Hawaii, Hawaiian music is very popular. It is heard all over the island, the radio, on TV, and in some local events. But one day Hawaiian Music will be known all over the world.
Hawaiian Music is unique because it came from religious Hawaiian chants and hymns. Hawaiian music began in about the mid 1800s, which was also the beginning of visitors coming to Hawaii. People coming in to Hawaii, brought instruments like the violin, guitar, ukulele, and flute. With this Native Hawaiians mixed their chants and hymns with the instruments and sound with the immigrants and missionaries.
Early Mexican cowboys that came to Hawaii brought their guitars and taught the Hawaiians how to play them in a Spanish style. Because of this, many native Hawaiians became fans of the guitar. This became the cause to the slack key guitar. The slack key guitar was a style of finger picking and it also was tuned to match certain traditional songs and chants. Some popular artists that used the slack key guitar, was Keola Beamer, Raymond Kane, Leonard Kwan and many others.
In the late 1960s and the early 1970s another genre became evolved, which was Jawaiian. Jawaiian is a Hawaiian style of Reggae. In the early 1980s, ethnic Hawaiians and other people in the state started playing a mixture of reggae and local music. In Hawaii, reggae became very popular. Many locals became big fans of reggae. Locals can be seen with Bob Marley merchandise. Bob Marley is one of the most famous reggae artists. Some popular Jawaiian Bands are Ho’aikane, O-shen, and Rebel Souljahz.
As you can see, Hawaiian Music rooted from Hawaiian chants and hymns. From that Hawaiian music has changed a lot, not just because of the Hawaiians but the foreigners, immigrants and missionaries that came to Hawaii. Hawaiian music today is more diverse with different ethnic groups having an impact on it. Without these international influences, we wouldn’t have the music we have now in Hawaii.

Draft for My favorite place

My room, the basketball court, and skate park are one of my most favorite places of mine. But out of the three, i have to say that the skate park is the best place i like to be at. The skate park is a place where skaters go to practice their skills and become a better skater. That is one of the reasons why i go there, but there are other resons why i like to go there.

My friends and I love going to the skate park and skate, but we don't just skate all day. Most of the time we just sit around talking story and just hanging out. I like to rest on the ramps and just listen to the wheels of other skateboards, and the popping of the skateboard. It amazes me how the older skaters do extreme and high flying tricks. It inspires me to do better.

The skate park is one of the places where i meet new people. The way i meet new people is either challenging them at a game of skate or just making conversation. This is how i got into filming, because one day, one of my friends, brought his camera and started filming and he posted the skate videos and i was shocked at what you can make with just skating.

This lovely skate park i go to is called A'ala Skate park, this place isn't just a regular skate park but a place where i meet new and interesting people, and a chill spot. A'ala skate park will be a very special and one of my most favorite places, for now.

Journal 9

The book "Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers" realtes to my identity because this is not just a proper english book but how some people in the Hawaiian islands talk, which is pidgin. I tend to talk pidgin from time to time. In the book there is a lot of pidgin, for example "I will work on my Gramma Spenca's pig farm when i grow up cuz she said i can drive slop truck. Tank you." In this book there's a teacher trying to correct how they speak and teach them how to speak proper english. I can relate to that because i had teachers who correct and taught me how to speak proper english.

Talkin pidgin is not the only thing i can relate to this book. i can also relate to how the main character lives. The character lives in Hawaii and so do I, and i know how hard it is to live in Hawaii. You have to work hard, the main character works on a plantation, and i work by cleaning a preschool everynight with my parents. This is how this book relates to me.

Journal 8

The Basketabll court
-playing basketball calms me down
-i can relax and talk with friends
-the noise of the shoes is sort of music to my ears
-dribbling a ball helps ease stress for me

My room
-its quiet
-listening to the radio helps when doing homework
-the computer helps when im bored

Skatepark
-the wheels on a skateboard is soothing
-a skateboard popping in the air
-sitting down with friends & talking story
-skating on the ramps
-skating fast and the wind running through my face
my body falling from doing a trick

Draft

As i dragged myself into the house from a long day of school, a delightful tingling sensation flew up my nose. This spectacular smell brought me back memories from when i was a little boy. I instantly knew that my mom was cooking.
On my birthday my would always ask me "what do you want me to cook for you". But she doesn't let me answer because she already knows what i was about to say. It was as if she was psychic.
Before she goes and starts preparing this amazing dish, I ask if i could help. She always lets me help her in making her famous shanghai lumpia. Well, it's not really famous but it is to me. She would make me chop up all the vegtables, but my favorite part in making this is wrapping the meat with the lumpia wrap. when we are done wrapping, my mom goe on and fries the freshly wrapped lumpias. The smell of the frying lumpias are so mouth watering, i just can't wait to consume these delicious rolls.
I am always the first one at the table because i stay in the kitchen and watch her cook it. My lips and my mouth starts to get very moist as i stare at the big pile of lumpias stacked on a large plate. Luckily i manage to not grab one, because i want to be polite and wait for the others to get to the table. When everyone gathers at the kitchen table, this is when the fun beins.
I grab a handful of lumpias and put them right next to the big stack of rice on my plate. When i eat lumpias, especially my mom's, i eat like there's no tomorrow. I dont even realize that my relatives are watching me, because i feel like nothing else exists but me and my food. Sadly, when i am done with my food, i give my mother a big hug and big smooch on the cheek and say thank you for this wonderful meal.

What is a Menemac student?

A Menemac student is a student who doesn't procrastinate. A mene mac student does things ahead of time and gets things done. Menemac students are hard working and responsible. A menemac students always use his or her time wisely. Menemac students are also caring of other people. Menemac students get along with everyone. Menemac students are very creative. This is what a menemac student is to me.

Interview transcript (questions)

1. Is this your favorite dish to make? -Sometimes, because it hard to make.
2. How did you learn how to make this dish? “ -I learned from your aunty Audrey”
3. At first was it hard to make? Why? -Yes, because it had to deal with a lot of ingredients.
4. What is your favorite part in makin this dish? Why? -The wrapping part because it feels like a game.
5. Why did you want to learn how to make this dish? -Because the first ti,e I tasted it, it gave me a delicious sensation in my stomach.

Roots and Recipes

My comfort food is gonna be shanghai lumpia. My mother makes this everytime whenever we have parties or other occasions. My experiences with this food are very interesting because i helped my mother cook and prepare this dish ever since i was a small boy.I am not sure about when im goin to interview my mom about this food. But some questions i'll be asking are, who taught you how to make this dish, why do you like making it, what is your favorite part on making this dish and so on.

Writing Experiences and Goals

Writing is one of the most important thing in my life, especially in school. Writing for me is a good way to express feelings, create facsinating stories, wonderful poem, and much more. My writing isn't the best writing but it's alright. but my writing progresses everytime i do writings like this. I love writing biographies, especially about me. I've been writing for almost my whole life and i love doing it.



My goals for writing is to improve more because i want my writing to insprire, fascinate, or amuse people. This is because no one wants to read boring writings. My goals will take some commitment and hard work to accomplice but it is not a problem for me.