S E L E C T I N G C AT E G O R I E S F O R E N T R I E S
FIGURE 2.2
Broad Categories for Portfolio Entries
If your students choose to organize their portfolios by broad categories, here’s how they
can link broad categories to specific entries.
SUBJECT
Math
Reading and Language Arts
Employability Skills
BROAD CATEGORIES FOR
PORTFOLIO ENTRIES
–Abstract Thinking
–Computation
–Problem Solving
EXAMPLES
OF
ENTRIES
(8th grade)
–problem sets with detailed solutions
–a videotaped presentation showing
the solution to a real-life problem
–a detailed analysis of a problem using
a visual organization tool, such as a
Venn diagram
–writing selection in which students
describe their approach to solving a
particular problem
–Writing
–Speaking
–Listening
–Viewing
–Comprehension
(2nd grade)
–audiotape samples of students reading
stories
–mind map depicting the sequence of
events in a favorite story
–mind map of settings and characters
in a favorite story
–videotape of student enacting a scene
from a favorite story
–list of personal vocabulary words illustrated and defined by student
–Academic Skills
–Personal Management Skills
–Teamwork Skills
(High school)
–peer evaluation of participation in a
cooperative activity
–a log of group decisions and actions
for a group investigation
–an individual report outlining personal
contributions to a team presentation
Some ideas adapted from Conference Board of Canada, Corporate Council on Education (1992)
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