Writing Portfolio Activities Kit : Ready-to-Use Management Techniques and Writing Activities for Grades 7-12

by Mary Ellen Ledbetter

• ISBN13: 9780876289389
• ISBN10: 0876289383
• Edition: Spiral
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-12-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

In this practical resource secondary English teachers will find an individualized, holistic curriculum that involves students in working with real-life models, creating and evaluating their own writing portfolios, and learning to see writing, grammar, and literature as inseparable pieces of the language arts. Over 350 pages of writing activities, teacher and student writing models, and writing guidelines help students learn at their own pace. These are accompanied by handy, easy-to-follow "teacher pages" with suggestions ranging from grading assignments to involving students in the evaluation process to creating mini-lessons for specific units. Covers all steps of the writing process and contains over 150 reproducible worksheets and models for developing students2 writing skills in six different modes including Persuasive, Comparison/Contrast, Narrative, Descriptive, How-to, and Literary Analysis.

Author Biography

Mary Ellen Ledbetter (B.A. English, Speech, Western Michigan University; M.A. English, Michigan State University) has taught in public schools in Michigan and Texas and at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas. She received Goose Creek CISD'S Board of Trustees' Bell Award for Outstanding Teacher in 1995 and 1997 and is currently a presenter/consultant for the Bureau of Education and Research in Bellevue, Washington.

Table of Contents

PART 1: GETTING STARTED	1	(32)
How to Interest Students in Keeping a Portfolio	3-4	(1)
How to Keep Up with Portfolios	5	(1)
Purpose of Portfolio Charts	6	(2)
Writing Portfolio Chart	7	(1)
Writing Portfolio Chart (sample)	8	(1)
Purpose of Rubrics	9	(1)
Use of Rubrics	10	(1)
Grading Rubrics	11	(1)
How to Use Writing Process "Generic" Sheets	12-13	(1)
Organizing Response Groups	14	(9)
Prewriting Guide	15	(1)
Elaboration Rubric	16-17	(1)
Sentence Structure Rubric	18-19	(1)
Transition Words and Phrases	20	(1)
Response Sheet: Favorite Parts	21	(1)
Response Sheet: Suggestions	22	(1)
How to Use Group Goals/Assessment Sheet	23	(2)
Group Goals/Assessment	24	(1)
Portfolio Assessment	25	(4)
Portfolio Assessment: Stylistic Devices	26-28	(2)
How to Use Checklist for Publication	29	(4)
Checklist for Publication	30-31	(1)
PART 2: WRITING	33	(204)
Section 1: Persuasive Writing	35	(40)
How to Use the Structure Rubric	37-38	(1)
Structure Rubric	39	(1)
Let's Head to Seaside (teacher model)	40-42	(2)
Enjoyments of My Life (student essay)	43-44	(1)
Oh, For a Swan (student essay)	45	(1)
How to Write a Narrative Scenario Introduction & Conclusion	46-47	(1)
Portfolio Assessment: The Wave of the Future (student sample)	48-49	(1)
Welfare Reform: A Time for Change (student sample)	50-51	(1)
Rubric for Narrative Scenario Introduction & Conclusion	52-54	(2)
Persuasive Writing Strategies (student samples)	55-58	(3)
Smoking Ban (student essay)	59-60	(1)
No Pass, No Play (student essay)	61-62	(1)
Being a Good Neighbor (student essay)	63	(1)
How to Use Rubrics for Persuasive Essay	64-65	(1)
Rubric I: Persuasive Essay	66-69	(3)
Rubric II: Persuasive Essay	70-73	(3)
Section 2: Comparison/Contrast Writing	75	(32)
How to Use the Comparison/Contrast Chart	77-78	(1)
Comparison/Contrast Chart	79	(1)
Hersheys vs. Skittles Game	80-81	(1)
Comparison/Contrast Chart (sample)	82	(1)
Ways to Use Model Essays	83	(24)
Real vs. Imagined Life (teacher model)	84-87	(3)
Exclamation Mark vs. Question Mark (student essay)	88	(1)
Loud vs. Quiet (student essay)	89	(1)
Hanging up the Spikes (student essay)	90-91	(1)
The Farm (student essay)	92-94	(2)
For the Ride of a Lifetime (student essay)	95-97	(2)
The Advantages of Being a Woman (student essay)	98-100	(2)
Comparison/Contrast Rubric	101-105	(4)
Section 3: Narrative Writing	107	(58)
How to Use Story Starters	109	(5)
Student-Written Story Starters	110-113	(3)
Story Starter Variation	114	(4)
I Belong on the Beach (student essay)	115-117	(2)
How to Design the Rubric to Fit the Assignment	118	(9)
Rubric for Short Story	119-122	(3)
Rubric for Narrative Vignette	123-126	(3)
First-Day Impressions	127	(5)
The Dark-Brown Lace-Ups (teacher model)	128-129	(1)
Some Things Never Change (student essay)	130-131	(1)
Rituals	132	(9)
Morning Ritual (teacher model)	133-136	(3)
Analysis of "Morning Ritual"	137-140	(3)
Answers: Analysis of "Morning Ritual"	141-142	(1)
A Blackberry Summer (student essay)	143-144	(1)
Fishing: The Family Ritual (student essay)	145-146	(1)
Summer Days and Nights (student essay)	147-148	(1)
Grandma's Breakfast (student essay)	149-150	(1)
Family Memories (student essay)	151-152	(1)
A Circus Tradition (student essay)	153-154	(1)
What's Right About My Life?	155-156	(1)
A Day to Be Thankful (student essay)	157	(1)
The Magic of Tomorrow (student essay)	158	(1)
Variations on the Drug Essay	159	(6)
Silent Killer (student essay)	160	(1)
The Day My Older Brother Died (student essay)	161-163	(2)
Section 4: Descriptive Writing	165	(36)
How to Use the Sample Integrated Lesson Plan	167	(1)
Sample Lesson Plan for Descriptive Unit	168-172	(4)
My Favorite Place	173	(1)
My Favorite Place (teacher model)	174	(1)
Extended Sense Writing	175	(9)
Bittersweet Pieces of Science (teacher model)	176	(1)
All My Favorite Places (teacher model)	177-178	(1)
Rubric for Descriptive Essay	179-183	(4)
Dominant Impression Game	184	(1)
Dominant Impression of Childhood Supported by Three Places	185	(1)
Sample Sense Web: Dominant Impression-Security	186-188	(2)
Mama's Kitchen	189-190	(1)
The Boy Warrior (student essay)	191-193	(2)
Cape Cod Evening (student essay)	194	(1)
My Grandma's House (student essay)	195-196	(1)
The Great Adventures (student essay)	197-200	(3)
Section 5: How-To Writing	201	(14)
A Prewriting Game for How-To Writing	203-204	(1)
Creating Imaginative How-To Essays	205	(10)
How to Imagine (student essay)	206-207	(1)
How to Make the Sun Rise (student essay)	208	(1)
How to Make a Dragon Cry Diamonds (student essay)	209-211	(2)
Rubric for How-To Essay	212-213	(1)
Section 6: Literary Analysis	215	(22)
Writing Literary Analysis Papers	217	(20)
Literary Analysis Web with Quoted Support	218	(1)
Excerpt Containing Common Errors	219	(1)
Response Sheet for Common Errors	220-221	(1)
Literary Analysis Rubric	222-224	(2)
McNally's Risk: Our Good Fortune (teacher model)	225-227	(2)
Dashing Down Memory Lane (student essay)	228-231	(3)
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" Analysis (student essay)	232-233	(1)
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase: An Analysis (student essay)	234-235	(1)
PART 3: GRAMMAR	237	(74)
Purpose of Correction Sheets	239	(1)
Use of Correction Sheets	240	(3)
Correction Sheet	241-242	(1)
Grading Correction Sheets	243	(5)
Let's Head to Seaside (teacher model)	244-245	(1)
Correction Sheet (sample)	246-247	(1)
Classroom Posters/Notes	248	(1)
How to Individualize Grammar Assignments	249	(4)
Sentence/Fragment/Run-On Test	250-252	(2)
Answers to Sentence/Fragment/Run-On Test	253	(1)
Grammar Integrated into Literature	254	(3)
Comma Review: A Christmas Carol	255-256	(1)
Answer Key for Comma Review: A Christmas Carol	257	(3)
Avoiding Changes in Verb Tense	258-259	(1)
Answers to Avoiding Changes in Verb Tense	260	(1)
How to Use the Grammar Skills Chart	261-262	(1)
Grammar Skills (chart)	263	(1)
Grammar Skills (sample chart)	264	(1)
Words X Five	265	(2)
Words X Five (chart)	266	(1)
Words X Five (sample chart)	267	(1)
Row Game	268	(1)
Principal Parts of Verbs "Bee"	269	(1)
Verb/Refrain Poems	270	(3)
"As a Child" (student poem)	271-272	(1)
Capitalization Poems	273	(4)
"Tuesday, July 29" (student poem)	274	(1)
"Shoes!" (student poem)	275	(1)
"N-N-W" (student poem)	276	(1)
How to Use Poems to Review Grammar Rules	277	(7)
"What's a Kid To Do?" (teacher model)	278-279	(1)
Analysis: "What's a Kid To Do?"	280-283	(3)
Answers to Analysis: "What's a Kid To Do?"	284-285	(1)
If I Were in Charge of the World	286	(3)
"If I Were in Charge of the World" (student poem)	287-288	(1)
Sentence Combining/Varying Sentence Structure	289	(3)
Varying Sentence Structure	290-291	(1)
Answers to Varying Sentence Structure	292	(1)
Portfolio Assessment: Proofreading/Revising	293	(12)
Portfolio Assessment: Proofreading/Revising	294-295	(1)
Rule Sheet for Proofreading/Revising	296-299	(3)
Proofreading/Revising: Sentences From Student Papers	300-304	(4)
Answers to Proofreading/Revising	305-307	(2)
Individualized Rubric	308-309	(1)
CHAPTER 4: LITERATURE	311
How to Chart Literature/Reading Tests	313	(3)
Record of Literature/Reading Tests	314-315	(1)
Sample Record of Literature/Reading Tests	316	(3)
Literature/Reading Skills (chart)	317-318	(1)
Sample Literature/Reading Skills (chart)	319	(1)
Independent Reading (chart)	320	(1)
How to Use Literature/Reading Skills Sheet as Generic Literature Tests	321-322	(1)
Literature/Reading Skills (chart)	323-324	(1)
How to Use Generic Literature Quizzes	325	(12)
Literature Quiz: Person/Place/Thing/Idea	326	(1)
Novel Test: Setting	327	(1)
Novel Test: Characterization	328-329	(1)
Novel Test: Conflict	330	(1)
Novel Test: Terms	331-333	(2)
Novel Test: Book Review	334-336	(2)
Adapt, Adapt, Adapt!	337	(1)
Creating Vocabulary Application Sheets Involving Higher Level Thinking Skills	338	(4)
Monsters Are Due on Maple Street: Vocabulary Application	339-341	(2)
Creating Student-Interaction Reading Sheets	342	(5)
Student Interaction: "Nancy"	343-346	(3)
How to Use Fluency for Short Stories	347	(5)
Fluency for "Nancy"	348	(1)
Fluency	349-351	(2)
Creating a Journal Project for Novels	352	(4)
Dandelion Wine: Journal Project	353-355	(2)
How to Design Group Projects for Novels	356	(4)
Group Projects for Dandelion Wine	357-359	(2)
How to Integrate Research Skills	360	(3)
Research	361-362	(1)
How to Construct Tests that Integrate Research and Literary Analysis	363	(6)
Application/Synthesis Test on The Little Prince	364-368	(4)
How to Use Vocabulary Project for Novel	369	(8)
Vocabulary Project for Novel	370-371	(1)
Brutal-Personal Identification--(student essay)	372	(1)
Splayed--Personification--(student essay)	373	(1)
Anvil--Personification--(student essay)	374	(1)
Pliable--Personification--(student essay)	375	(1)
Obstinate--Personification--(student essay)	376	(1)
How to Create Short-Story Activities	377	(7)
Words! Words! Words!	378	(1)
Plot It!	379	(1)
Comparison/Contrast Chart	380	(1)
Read All About It!	381	(1)
Poetry!	382	(1)
Figurative Language Passages	383	(1)
More Practice With Poetic Language	384
Poetic Language	385-387	(2)