 PORTFOLIO REQUIREMENTS-
**A title page that includes your name, your block, and the date (This may be on your cover--- or your first page of the portfolio.
We will assemble the portfolio in order in class and do the windows in class on the due date.
1) An essay - "My Life as a Literate Person" (We have been working on this in class--It is due with your portfolio on the due date for your class.)
2) A favorite poem (by a published author)
 3) Your self-portrait poem
4) A favorite quote (about reading, writing, or creativity) 
5) Excerpt from a favorite book (include title of book and author
6) Information about your favorite author---- You may use your author booklet for this assignment---- (You may want to include a booklist of books by your favorite author, a quote, picture, etc.) A mere computer web page or pasted information from a web page will NOT be accepted. You need to read about your author and make the information you learn interesting to those who are reading your portfolio.
7) A list of your favorite books (Include book titles and names of authors)
8) A list of "Books I Want to Read" (Include book titles and names of authors
)  You decide on te number of books.
9) A list of your favorite authors/ poets
You decide on the number of authors.
10) A paper (or project) from another class that demonstrates your improvement in writing.
11) Values Poster
OTHER ITEMS YOU MAY WISH TO INCLUDE IN YOUR PORTFOLIO-
Name Narrative
Your Island Story
Poems (written by your friends/family/published authors)
Cartoons, comic strips (if they make a point about reading or writing)
Ink-pinks
Lyrics to a favorite song
YOUR best poems, essays, stories, songs, quickwrites, letters, drawings, etc.
Items from your early reading/writing experiences in other grades (This will show you how much progress you have made over the years.) Please do NOT bring these items to school at this time. (I don't want you to lose them! Keep them at home in a special place until we bring in our portfolios to be graded and to share.)
 IDEAS FOR ORGANIZATION OF YOUR PORTFOLIO-
Three-Ring Binder - This portfolio is something you will want to keep forever. It's a good idea to get a special three ring binder to store your artifacts.
Page Protectors - Page protectors will keep your artifacts neat and protected. You are less likely to lose small artifacts.
Ideas for adding Pizzazz to your Portfolio....
Fancy papers - You may want to print poems or quotes or other information on special papers with designs. There are many designs available by the sheet (about 29 cents a sheet). You can find these at craft stores like Ben Franklin and Michael's. They also sell paper by the sheet at Kinko's. You may want to buy an entire pack of paper at Wal-Mart or Office Max.
Trading paper- If you are interested in trading for a design that you do not have, there are many designs available on the counter in classroom. You must bring a sheet if you want to trade. Just replace any paper you take with another sheet. The paper in the room has been donated by YOUR TEACHER! (You're welcome!)
Draw/Color designs on portfolio entries
Cut pictures from magazines and glue with gluestick to decorate entries.
Photocopy pictures to include in your portfolio
*Color copies of family pictures are easy to do on the self service machines at Kinko's. (These are fairly inexpensive.) Then you can cut into special designs and decorate your portfolio entries. (Example: It would be fun to use a picture of you in your baseball uniform along with that poem you wrote about baseball! How about a picture of you with your mom to include with the poem you wrote about your mom?!)
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