What's the Semester Portfolio?

Where do you get images from?  

 Britannica ImageQuest - great artwork and credit/citation information already done for you. 

Google Images - to cite this, add the creator's name (last, first), the title of the image, website name, date you accessed the image, and URL.  

Personal Photo- to cite this, you add your name, a short description of the photo, and the date the photo was taken. For example: Winchester, Dottie. Photograph of Bookcase. 9-24-2024.

What's a performance reflection? 

• what went well  or didn't go well with a specific task (reader's response, summative assessment, nature journal entry etc.) 
• how performance can be improved or repeated to ensure success in remediation or the next time around. 

SAMPLE Performance Reflection

• How did you do on this summative? Was it what you expected for an initial score? Why/why not?

Now that I have finished my third and final essay test response for the semester, the essay test on Moby Dick, I can see how I did well with interpreting the novel. To support my claim, I included passages that reflect an in-depth understanding. This shows that I not only read, but analyzed what I was reading and connected it to other parts of the novel. 

• Was this your personal best summative this semester? Why/Why not?

This was my personal best summative. Aside from this being my best score, it's my best because I now have a complete understanding of not just what's expected but how to do it.   Unlike my first two essay tests, I  now understand how to place a passage in context. This is something I struggled with  last semester and the key seems to be creating really strong and detailed reader's responses that let me do some serious thinking in advance.  This summative is also proof that have learned to write strong response to my reading. These responses really "pay off" because they help me capture the full context for any passage or story element. 

• What did you learn about yourself, as a writer,  in the process of creating /remediating/revising this summative? 

   I finally have a solid strategy for responding to a prompt. Rather than rushing right in with a response, I take a beat and do some early planning. I take advantage of the tab feature in Google Docs to give myself room to drat and "play around" with my ideas before incorporating them into the final draft tab. 

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