Friday, May 2, 2008

Working on Portfolios

What is a Portfolio and why do you have to have one?

A portfolio is a compilation of all the work you have done for the year. You should have TWELVE of your best pieces of writing. They include blogs, memoirs, editorials, responses to literature, Math essays, Social Study essays, and Science essays. ( And you thought all that work was for nothing!)

I have opted for your portfolio to be electronic. You will copy your work from the computer to a CD. The other option was to have papers in a big folder. Please don't ask me to kill any more trees. High Schools have computers and you can present your CD to your guidance counselor or any one else who needs to see it.

I have emailed you the guts of this portfolio back in October. I will email you an updated version. You will be responsible to get all the pieces needed for this portfolio within the next two weeks.

This Portfolio is going to determine your final grade and will help you if you didn't do so well on the reading test. Do not take this Portfolio lightly. It is muy importante!

See me if you need help. I have some of your essays from earlier this year. You might want to refine them.


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