APPENDIX F -
SAMPLES OF PORTFOLIO SUMMARY SHEETS
AND STUDENT SELF-REFLECTION SHEETS

PORTFOLIO SUMMARY AND REVIEW SHEET
Learning Objectives
In this portfolio, there are/is:		 Reviewer's Input
Questions, positive comments, suggestions.
1. Samples of writing that show complete sentences.
2. Samples of writing that show a variety of sentence types.
3. Samples of writing that show a clear main idea and supporting details.
4. Evidence of writing for different purposes.
5. Evidence of reflective thinking about his/her own writing.
6. Evidence of self-monitoring and correcting strategies.

READING SELF-EVALUATION: PART ONE
Thinking About A Single Reading Selection

Name: __________________________________________________________

Date:___________________________________________

Title of Work:____________________________________________________

BRIEF SUMMARY OR DESCRIPTION OF THE SELECTION:

  1. Why did you decide to read and respond to this selection of reading?

  2. What was especially important to you when you were reading this piece?

  3. Describe what you did before you read this selection to help yourself understand the selection better.

  4. What problems did you have as you were reading the selection? How did you solve these problems?

  5. What did you think about and/or how did you feel as you were reading this selection?

  6. How can you relate the ideas, situations, characters, etc. in this selection to your own experiences?

  7. How is this selection the same as or different from other selections that you have read?

  8. What kind of article would you like to read next? Why?

READING SELF-EVALUATION: PART TWO
Thinking About Yourself As A Reader

  1. What kinds of reading have you done in the past?

  2. What kinds of things do you like to read the most?

  3. What kinds of things do you like to read the least?

  4. How do you decide what you will read?

  5. What do you think one has to do to be a good reader?

  6. What are some things you wish you could do better as a reader?

  7. What are your strengths as a reader?

  8. What has helped you the most with your reading?

  9. What have you learned to do as a reader that you couldn't do before?

  10. What are your future goals as a reader?

WRITING SELF-EVALUATION: PART ONE
Thinking About A Single Piece of Writing

Name:__________________________________________________________

Date:_________________________________________

Title of Work:____________________________________________________

  1. Why did you select this piece of writing? What do you see as its strengths?

  2. Why did you decide to write this in the first place?

  3. What was especially important to you when you were writing this piece?

  4. Try to describe the steps you took to write this piece.

  5. What problems did you have? How did you solve them?

  6. What part of the writing was easiest for you?

  7. Reflecting back on this writing, is there anything you would do differently if you were writing it again?

  8. How is this piece the same or different from your other pieces?

  9. What would you like to work on in your next piece of writing?

WRITING SELF-EVALUATION: PART TWO
Thinking About Your Best Three Pieces

Arrange all the finished pieces of writing in your portfolio (or in one section of your portfolio) from most effective to least effective. Talk about the three pieces you ranked #1, #2, and #3 in the following way:

  1. What make you rank each piece the way you did?

  2. In what ways is each piece different from the others?

  3. For each of these top three pieces, what were some things you changed from one draft to the next? Why did you make the changes you made?

  4. What differences do you see between the top three pieces and the piece you ranked least effective?

WRITING SELF-EVALUATION: PART THREE
Thinking About Yourself As A Writer

Name:__________________________________________________________

Date:___________________________________

  1. What kinds of writing have you done in the past?

  2. In general, how do you feel about what you write?

  3. What kinds of things do you like to write most? Why?

  4. What do you think one has to do to be a good writer?

  5. What are the three most important things you are able to do as a writer?

  6. What are three things you wish you could do better as a writer?

  7. In what areas of writing have you noticed improvement?

  8. What has helped you the most with your writing?

  9. What is the best piece of writing you've ever done? What makes it so good?

  10. What were your writing goals at the beginning of the term? How well do you feel you accomplished these goals? What new writing goals have you made?

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