PORTFOLIO
PROJECT
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PORTFOLIO Grading Rubric
[See Ms. Popp's webpage devoted to the PORFOLIO project for her junior English students.]
At the end of the school year, instead of taking a final exam, you will submit a portfolio of your best written work of the year that includes an essay in which you reflect on what your portfolio represents about yourself.  In addition, you will make a presentation to both your classmates and to at least one person you invite from outside of the classroom.  The idea behind the portfolio creation and presentation is that this is a more meaningful and exciting way for you to demonstrate the work you�ve done for the year.  A neatly organized and attractively made portfolio will be something you can keep for a long time.  The presentation, which will include some audience members of your choice (a family member, an available NSHS staff member [teacher, counselor, coach], or another adult who knows the student well), is a public display of this work and effort.

The following elements must be a part of your portfolio:

WRITING
Include all drafts of each piece with teacher comments and revisions. You can always complete more revisions before turning in the final. Remember: each selection should demonstrate a significant work in each area.

--A literary analysis essay
--A creative piece
--A persuasive essay
--A personal essay
--A piece of writing you wrote before the class began OR a piece of writing you did for a class other than English
--An entry slip for each piece of writing that explains why you chose it and how it was created. Each entry slip should make at least one reference to the six traits of writing: Ideas/content, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, organization, or mechanics/conventions.
--An overall reflection on yourself as a writer

There is always room to add more work of any kind to express who you are and who you have become in this year of work.

READING
--A reading log that lists what you've read this year
--A reflection on your own reading process with three to five examples from your reading journals and/or nightly homework. You must complete an entry slip for each piece of evidence plus write an overall reflection that explains how you read and how well you think you understand what you read.

FINAL PRESENTATION
Each student should take responsibility for inviting at least two people from outside class (friends, counselors, parents, coach, etc.) as s/he presents his portfolio to the class. The presentation has three parts:

--Present the portfolio--explain to the audience what's in it and what it shows about you as a reader and a writer
--Read, in full, one selection from each of the two parts
--Take questions from the audience
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