By Janice Irizarry

1. Writing Portfolios
Janice M. Irizarry Torres
Teacher Consultant
MWWP

2. Portafolios
• ¿Qué es un portafolio de escritura?
• ¿Qué finalidad tiene?
• ¿Cuáles son las ventajas y las desventajas de
utilizar un portafoilio?

3. What is a portfolio?
• A portfolio is a collection of student’s
work, purposefully collected and selected, as a
means of documenting the process of learning
and demonstrating student’s achievement.
(Tang and Tiwari, 1998)

4. Philosophy and Values
• a constructivist approach to understanding learning
• an approach that respects individuality and diversity
• authentic assessment & emphasis on naturalistic process
• observational / interview / data analysis based system
involving qualitative methodologies

5. • consistent with setting that integrate children
with special needs
• concepts of validity / reliability viewed
individuality, not collectively
• the valuing of reflective processes / critical
thinking
• emphasis on the process as well as the products
of learning

6. • sensitivity to the need to contextualize learning and
appreciate it as a culturally shaped
• a view of the child as 'competent': recognition of the
need to for open-ended assessment that focuses on
what children can do rather than where they fail

7. Types of Portfolios
• individual developmental portfolios
• subject' group / class portfolios
• individual learning portfolios
• learning log portfolios
• home-school communication system
• portfolio record-keeping systems
• professional / career portfolio
• Others..(depending on your purpose and focus)
Sue Martin (2000)
Portfolios: Philosophy, Problems and Practice

8. “Who I am” Writing Portfolio
The general objective is to bring the students
to think and write about themselves from the
basic concepts of their lives , like their name
and family, their points of view about
controversial issues to how do they see
themselves in the future.
It becomes a personal journey of self
discovery.

9. Bosquejo: Who I am Portfolio
• Introduction
• Here I am (Photo, Vital Data, My
Autobiography, Memoir, My
Name, Composition )
• My People (family members, friends, special
person)
• My Heritage ( My family, Puerto
Rico, Composition: What does it mean for you
to be a Puerto Rican teenager?

10. • Who I am (My Personality, Controversial
Issues: # 1 and #2)
• What I do (3 Activities)
• My Favorite Things ( Music, TV, Other)
• Steps to Change ( 2 to 3 issues that they
consider important to be better people)
• Tomorrow ( My Future: picture
collection, letter from the future)

11. Poetry Portfolio
• We need to change the negative perceptions
on reading and writing poetry.
• The general objective is to introduce students
to poetry in a friendly, non threatening
way, giving them the opportunity to validate
their ideas using free verse poetic styles.

12. Bosquejo: Poetry Portfolio
• Portada
• Carta introductoria
• Tabla de Contenido
• Parte I: Actividades relacionadas a la poesía
• Parte II: Colección de Poemas
• Parte III: Mi Poemario
• Parte IV: Reflexiones/Citas

13. Who?, What?, When?, Where?, Why?
Poem
*How do you think this activity could
be integrated to your curriculum?
The president Mama
Gave a speech Plants flowers
Last night on TV Every spring
He spoke from the White In the garden
House. To make our yard beautiful
He wants everyone’s support.

14. Time to
write…
Suggested themes:
( You may write
more than one.)
• Infidelity
• Discrimination
• Language
• Other

15. Author’s Chair

16. References
http://www.qesn.meq.gouv.qc.ca/Portfolio/en
g/theory.htm
http://www.ugc.edu.hk/tlqpr01/site/abstracts
/068_tiwari1.htm