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In the spring of sophomore year, all Weston High School students assemble a portfolio in which they include diverse evidence of their ability to write in various modes and for various purposes. They will select these works from any of their 9th or 10th grade courses and revise them according to feedback they have received from their classroom teachers, the Writing Center Coordinators, or other expert readers.
The portfolios are read by expert evaluators from both inside and outside the district who use the Weston High School Writing Rubric to score provide quality narrative feedback that students can use to set goals and improve their skills as they enter junior year and begin thinking about their post-secondary plans.
The portfolio consists of four pieces:
1. A Reflective Letter: In this piece, students introduce themselves and their writing to the assessment team. It is their chance to use a strong voice to present how they have grown as writers, how they have developed the portfolio of writing that follows, and/or how writing fits into their lives. This piece is original to the portfolio and is developed in sophomore English classes.
2. An Analytical Piece: Students may choose any analytical piece of writing, from any subject area, for this category. Whatever the subject area, in an analytical piece, they will have used examples for support to articulate conclusions about writing or visual text(s). The primary purpose of writing that satisfies this category is to support a claim with strong textual evidence. A substantial analytical piece is usually at least one page in length.
3. A Creative Piece or Personal Narrative: Students may choose either a creative piece or a personal narrative, from any subject area, for this category. Works submitted as creative or personal may be fiction, literary nonfiction, poetry, a simulated experience, journalism, or autobiography. Typically such pieces are not dependent on a central premise or thesis supported by textual evidence. The primary purpose of writing that satisfies this category is to demonstrate the student’s unique voice as developed through the effective use of language as a tool for communication.
4. A Student Choice Piece: This may include a creative or a personal narrative, an analytical essay from any subject area, or any other writing that demonstrates your proficiency as a writer.
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