Assessment for Feedback and Grade

Portfolio

In Unit 4, you will use your notebook to help you create a portfolio to demonstrate your learning. Your portfolio is worth 10% of your course mark. Remember to complete all notebook tasks in order to have adequate material to choose for your portfolio.

The topics, assignments, and skills that you feel the most comfortable with and proud of are usually the ones that you are the most interested in or passionate about. While it’s important to pursue those things, it’s also crucial to work on improving your knowledge and ability in those aspects of the course that you found most challenging. Your portfolio will explore both aspects of your growth as a learner.

Your portfolio will consist of two parts:

Part 1: Specific examples from your notebook

Review all the pieces of work you’ve created for this course through your notebook. Select four (4) that you are the proudest of and that you feel best represent your growth as a learner to submit for your final portfolio.

For each, write 1-2 paragraphs explaining why you selected this work and what skills and or strategies you used to create these pieces that made them so successful (eg. reading skills such as decoding, skimming, notetaking).

Note: Include the examples from your notebook for the teacher to reference when assessing your portfolio. If the examples are digital, ensure that you can provide screen shots or links so that the teacher can consider your work for assessment.

Part 2: Reflecting on your growth as a reader, writer, viewer and speaker

Using examples from your notebook (other than the four selected for Part 1), and the course in general, write a 200-300-word reflection answering the following questions:

  1. How has this course helped you become a better reader? Which writing skills do you feel you’ve improved the most while taking this course? What skills do you think you need to practice more often?
  2. How has this course helped you to become a better reader? What reading skills do you feel you’ve improved on? What skills do you think you need to practice more often?
  3. What strategies did you find most helpful while viewing? What do you think you still have to work on? How can you improve on these skills?
  4. Do you feel confident in as a speaker and presenter? What are your strengths? What are your weakness when it comes to orally communicating?

Before you submit your portfolio, review the rubric to ensure that you are meeting the success criteria to the best of your abilities.