The Portfolio

Guidelines:
     The Portfolio is the evidence of your learning. You will keep all of the work that you have done for this project in your portfolio. When it is complete, give your clean and organized portfolio to your English teacher prior to your final presentation so that the judges will have an opportunity to review it.
     The first thing in your portfolio that the judges will see will be the final copy of your Proposal Letter with its rubric. Your Letter of Intent will allow the judges to have the basic background they need before watching and hearing your presentation. This will allow your judges to get to know you, your project, learning stretch and goals before the presentation. During the presentation, you will demonstrate what you learned and how it stretched your learning, state your goal and present evidence that you reached that goal and show or give a description of your product or performance and how it was a result of your research (how it allowed you to practice what you had learned).

     You will then include all of the paperwork that you completed in order to propose your project: your project plan, parent/guardian acknowledgement form.

     Include your Learning Log. You will need to make copies. This is your proof of work time on the project.

     Include the rubrics for your Research Paper and Product/Performance, along with all of the stages of your research paper. Include your notes, outline, rough draft, and the final paper itself.

     At the very end, include the portfolio rubric. You will see the results of your portfolio before your presentation. If you are required to make any changes, you will hand it in again and see the results before presenting. Since you will not have the portfolio in your possession before your presentation, make sure that you have copied any materials that will aide in the preparation of and during your presentation.

     Your portfolio needs a cover on which you need to have your name, project title and current date.