Portfolio workshop first captured my imagination when I was at Bread Loaf in 2006. At the Middlebury college library I picked up a copy of Richard Kent's Room 109, The Promise of a Portfolio Classroom and I was immediately engaged.
The next year I had my Honors American Literature students create identity portfolios, including personal graphic novels, identity mandalas, and a variety of writing. They loved it.
See the latest version of the identity portfolio assignment here.
Last year I had my 10th graders create poetry portfolios which eventually became poetry anthologies, combining their best work with their favorite published pieces. The anthology showcase impressed us all.
See the assignment here.
This year my I.B. 12th graders are creating digital portfolios of their best writing, and sharing their work via the internet with students in an I.B. classroom in Kentucky. The students provide each other with feedback throughout the process and get to know each other a bit as well.
See the assignment here. See examples of student portfolios here and here.
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