Monday, January 4 - Tuesday, January 5, 2010 (ALL PERIODS)

Welcome back to 2010!  

We will spend the first few days of this year completing our graduation projects on our Wikispaces.  Below are the models for the remaining items of your portfolio.  For each one, create a NEW PAGE on your wiki, label it accordingly, copy and paste the model into it, then modify it to fit you.  You will have Monday and Tuesday to complete these remaining items.

YOUR COMPLETED PORTFOLIO WILL BE DUE ON JANUARY 29, 2010!  WE WILL USE THE FINAL WEEK IN JANUARY TO POLISH OUR WORK FOR FINAL SUBMISSION AND OFFICIAL GRADING!

ITEM: Senior Project Creative Writing: 
Write an I AM poem about your research topic using this format:

I am (your topic)...
I wonder...
I hear...
I see...
I want...
I am (your topic)...
I feel...
I touch...
I worry...
I cry...
I am (your topic)...
I understand...
I dream...
I say...
I try...
I hope...
I am (your topic)...


ITEM: Job Materials Self-Assessment: Please be sure to upgrade the vocabulary in this model!

The components of the Job Materials section are my resume, cover and thank you letters, and my two recommendations. It was easy/hard for me to write my resume, because _______. In my resume, I talk about _____. It was easy/hard to write my cover and thank you letters, because _____.   After I graduate from high school and/or college, it will be easy/hard for me to be hired for a job, because ____. I have/have not held a job during high school, because _______. This has impacted me _________.


ITEM: Transcript Assessment:  Please be sure to upgrade the vocabulary in this model!

When I reflect on my high school performance, I see that my grades have been ______. I did well in _____, because _____. I didn't do well in _____, because _____. Seeing my grades on paper makes me feel _____, because _____. If I could do high school over again, I _____.


ITEM: Research Paper Self-Assessment: Please be sure to upgrade the vocabulary in this model!

The topic of my research paper is _____. I chose this topic, because _____. The five things that I did in order to write my research paper are:
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4.
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It was easy/hard for me to write my research paper, because _____. I feel that I deserve ____ on my research paper, because _____. The strengths in my paper are _____. The weaknesses in my paper are _____.


ITEM: Portfolio Introduction:

My name is _____, and this is the introduction to my graduation project. I began working on my project in September 2009. Initially, I felt ___ about the graduation project, because _____. Now I feel _____ about it, because _____. During the process of completing my  project, I _____ (3 sentences). I received support from _____ to do my work. It was easy/difficult to do this project, because _____ (2 sentences). The part of the graduation project that I am most proud of is _____, because _____ (2 sentences).  Overall, when I think about the graduation project, _____ (2 sentences). To next year's seniors, I would advise them to ____.