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Lesson Plans


Re: Portfolios

From: Yvette Lewis (yvlewis)
Date: Tue Jun 20 2000 - 17:58:56 PDT

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    I teach junior high. In the 7th and 8th grade I give 18 x 24 construction
    paper which they fold in half and also fold in a 3"(app) flap along the
    long side. Each class gets a different color. Each table has a table folder
    which the students put their folders into at the end of class and then all
    the table folders go into a box. This makes for very simplified passing out
    and returning the folders. Because my courses are only in ten week blocks
    the construction paper is good enough. In the ninth grade we make an
    envelope out of 24" x 36" tag. This gets folded and then taped with 2'
    masking tape on 3 sides. It lasts the whole year when they can take all
    their work home. I also have them do a final portfolio review. I have found
    vertical storage is better. They don't like to take the time to find their
    folder on the bottom of the pile, so they tend to stop using the folder and
    leave their work all over.
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    From: <Tsheffey>
    To: "ArtsEdNet Talk" <artsednet>
    Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 4:27 PM
    Subject: Re: Portfolios

    > I teach high school and like to have bigger portfolios, so I have each
    > student bring in 2 pieces of white poster board at the beginning of
    school.
    > They punch holes with the hole punch every inch around three sides and
    then
    > they lace them with yarn. The reason I like this better than staples is
    that
    > it lasts longer and the staples can get stuck to each other. It takes a
    > little longer but they will last for more than 1 year.
    > I have them decorate the outsides. Usually at the beginning of the year I
    > have them do their name on one side and decorate with patterns. I save the
    > other side for later in the year, if I have a sub, they can decorate the
    > other side. It could be done in the style of one of the aistists they have
    > learned about.
    > The kids use these all year to store their work. This way they can work
    > larger. They don't take work home until the end of the year.
    > I also have them do a portfolio evaluation at the end of the year. They
    > choose three of their favorite pieces and write about them....what they
    > learned, successes, challenges, elements and principles used, influenced
    by,
    > etc. etc.
    > This also helps me to learn their names at the beginning of the school
    years.
    > While they are decorating the side with their name, I walk around alot and
    > get to know them.
    > I keep these in vertical storage slots, but I knew one teacher who stored
    > them horizontally.
    > Teresa in El Paso
    >
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