Christensen Chapter 7

I think portfolios are a great way for students to physically see how their work has progressed over the course of a year. I agree with Christensen -- if you do portolios too early, they won't be as strong. I think that students need time to play around with their writing, and I was glad that Christensen mentioned this.

I also think it is very important to actually teach students how to evaluate their portfolios. I know when someone asks me to do something, I can usually figure out how to do it. However, if it is something they want done in a specific way, then they need to tell me the specific way! We need to tell our students what we are looking for, and then give them the tools to do it.