Fernandez/English 11

ExitPortfolio -- English 11

Directions: A portfolio is a collection of a student’s best work; it provides a way of assessing your writing over the course of the entire year, instead of in response to a single assignment on an isolated day. The exit portfolio is a collection of your best assignments from the year. Portfolios are worth 20% of your 4th Quarter Grade.

WHAT NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PORTFOLIO?

Table of Contents,

Reflection Letter,

Your best 6 writing assignments,

  1. Decide on your best 6 assignments to include in your portfolio. Be sure to highlight your abilities to write in response to diverseprompts through including at least onepiece from each of the following categories:
  • Argumentative Writing supports claims through using valid reasoning and discussing relevant and sufficient evidence.

  • Persuasive Essay on “A View from the Bridge” by Arthur Miller
(Characters as victims of circumstances beyond their control)
  • Writing from The Trial of Eddie Carbone (defense, prosecution, or jury arguments)
  • Censorship Essay on Down These Mean Streets
  • Writing from the Literary Analysis in Music Project

  • Informative/ Expository Writing conveys complex ideas, concepts and information clearly and accurately through selecting, organizing, and analyzing content.

  • Research Expository Benchmark Assessment on the Causes and Effects of a Contemporary Issue
  • College Readiness Unit Expository Writing Activity

  • Narrative Writing develops real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques and well-chosen details.

  • Autobiographical Narrative Benchmark Assessment: Turning Points (to be completed)
  • Concrete Description of an Abstract Word or Description of a Person Essay

  • Literary Writing involves analyzing and interpreting literary or informational texts through responding to textual evidence.

  • Summer Reading Project
  • Critical Lens Essay
  • Short Constructed Response (you must have received the grade of 2
  • Team Poetry Activity
  • Reading Journal (you must have received the grade of received the grade of 2

  1. In the exit portfolio you are required to submit a final draft of each of the 6 assignments. Further revise and improve each assignment in order to prepare a final, well-edited draft.
  1. Table of Contents: The Table of Contents is a list of what is in the portfolio. Please organize your portfolio following this order: Table of Contents, Reflection Letter, and your best 6 writing assignments (with titles).
  2. Reflection Letter: The reflection letter is an introduction to your portfolio in which you think about your strengths, weaknesses, and progress as a reader and writer. Write for 3-5 paragraphs responding to the following prompts:

Introduction

What was your favorite aspect of English 11? Which assignment did you like the best? Why?

What was your least favorite aspect? Explain.

Do you believe you’ve grown as writer and reader?

Body

Describe each writing piece contained in the exit portfolio. Describe the task, your experience with the assignment, and the outcome.

Explain why you are incorporating each piece. Why are you proud of each piece of writing?

Closing

How do you still need to improve as a writer/ reader?

Do you believe that this course has prepared you for the upcoming English Regents and/or the college level work?

What grade do you think you deserve for the final portfolio? Why?

HOW WILL THE PORTFOLIOS BE EVALUATED? The portfolio will be assessed through using a rubric.

HOW SHOULD THE PORTFOLIO BE SUBMITTED? Portfolios may be submitted one of three ways:

  • Email portfolios to me at or
  • To do this, you must copy and paste each assignment into ONE MS Word Document
  • Step 1: Create a new MS Word document (File, New); go to References and select Table of Contents; select Manual Table; fill in information
  • Step 2: Go to Insert, click on Page Numbers to insert page numbers.
  • Step 3: Decide on the order in which you will introduce each piece; then fill in the necessary information in your Table of Contents.
  • Step 4: Make a page break by holding down the Ctrl and Enter keys at the same time (you must enter after the last entry in your Table of Contents. This will create a new page.
  • Step 5: Begin copying and pasting each completed assignmentinto the document; after pasting each assignment;create a page break after each assignment.
  • Step 6: Save the document as ENG 11 EXIT PORTFOLIO.
  • Share portfolios with me via Googledocs () or email it to me. Hard copies are not required.

Due Dates

On or before Monday, June 8th= full credit

Tuesday, June 9th -Wednesday, June 10th-5 Thursday, June 11th– Friday, June 12th= -10