Celebrate Your Hard Work With A Strong Finish!

Today closes out our semester together, and I trust you can take pride in the reading, writing, and research you have completed.  I noticed some of you looking over your portfolios in amazement at the quantity of writing you've done.  The portfolio portion of your final is a review of the quality as well as the quantity.

Since we are short on time for conferencing, we will only discuss two things.  First, have ready the three final, graded papers with teacher comments.  We will compare those to the "cleaned up," corrected portfolio copies you made.  Next, we will look closely at the one paper you chose to substantially revise.  (Look over suggestions we made, and also 6+1 traits.)  Be prepared to defend why you think your paper was dramatically changed!

If you have extra work you would like me to consider for extra points, be sure to point it out on your cover sheet.

Finally, write a formal defense of your portfolio work.  Follow the directions on the "final exam" handout, and give it your best shot!

That's it!  Bravo!  Take pride in your hard work, and have a happy, restful, peaceful holiday!