English 9
Required Artifacts for Portfolio (Remember that you should think about how to go
above and beyond my expectations):
1st grade check:
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20 interview questions
notes from interview
Rough draft of speech
Notecard
Speech grading sheet
Speech standard reflection
Participation reflection
“7 Bizarre Pre-Game Rituals…” marked up article and summary
“How State Lotteries…” marked up article and summary
“Is Pot Essentially Legal…” marked up article and summary
Two specific, measurable goals for participation.
2nd grade check:
 “Hard Wired for Giving” marked up article and summary
 “End of Life Plan” marked up essay and summary (8th period also has
central theme analysis)
 Chapter 1 text analysis and summary
 Chapter 1 discussion question artifact
 Chapter 9 text analysis and summary
 Chapter 9 activity
 Chapter 9 discussion question artifact
 General purpose, specific purpose, thesis statement paper
 3 research articles with text analysis and summary
 Rough draft of your paper
 Self-edit
 Peer conference
 1-revise
 Peer/non-peer edits
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2-revise
Teacher conference
3-revise
Publish
3rd Grade Check:
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Chapter 13 text analysis and summary
Chapter 13 discussion questions
Chapter 14 text analysis and summary
Chapter 14 discussion questions
Chapter 14 activities
Informative speech grading rubrics
Informative speech note cards
Informative speech self-evaluation
4th Grade Check:
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Chapter 12 text analysis and summary
Chapter 12 activities
Research for Semester Test
Semester Test
Research for procedural essay (at least three articles with text analysis and
summaries)
Rough Draft
Self-Edit
Peer Conference
1-Revise
Peer/ Non-Peer Edits
2-Revise
Teacher Conference
3-Revise
Publish
5th Grade Check:
 Informative speech
o note card
o 4 rubrics (two classmates, mine, yours)
o Self-evaluation
 Close reading notes (research you did individually)
 “The Tell-Tale Heart”
o marked up story
o Final analysis
o Discussion notes
o Standard 4 one-pager
 “Everyday Use”
o Marked up story
o Final analysis
o Standard 2 one-pager
o Standard 3 one-pager
o Verbal picture
6th Grade Check
 “The Most Dangerous Game”
o Marked up story
o Final analysis
o Standard one-pager
o Timed writing (debate)
o Prosecution/Defense:
 Opening argument
 Cross examination questions
 Closing arguments
 Trial notes
o Jury
 How a trial runs notes/research
 Trial notes
 Verdict justification paper
o Witnesses
 Character one pager
 Trial notes
 Verdict justification paper
o Movie/story Standard 7 one pager
o “The Scarlet Ibis”
 Marked up story
 Final analysis
 8 element of setting task sheets
 Written response to a classmate’s question
 Self-Reflection:
Grade yourself on each of the following areas and make sure you justify your
reasoning with specific examples of your work in and/or out of class.
 Participation
 Progress
 Performance
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Above and Beyond
B
Basically Fine
C
Could have done better
D
Didn’t really try
F
Forget about it
(It is acceptable to use + and – as well)