Portfolio

The Treasure Island Portfolio The Treasure Island Portfolio is the central and unifying piece that holds everything together during this unit. Almost everything we do will be collected and organized (and graded) inside this binder. There are four parts to the Treasure Island Portfolio:


 * 1) Ship Logs
 * 2) Vocabulary
 * 3) Assignments
 * 4) Quizzes

So here's how it works.

As we move through the unit, read the chapters and do the work, you will collect and organize everything into your portfolio. Along the way we will have spot checks worth a certain number of points. Most of the time, I only check Vocabulary and Ship Logs during the spot checks. Typically there are six chapters in each part of the book so I will do spot checks at the conclusion of the part.

The interesting thing, is that if you do not do well on a particular spot check, you should still go back and correct whatever it is that needs correcting--because I will be grading it all again. That's right. Most everything in the binder gets graded twice. That means that you get two chances to do well.


 * All Ships Logs get graded twice**--once during the spot check and once at the end when you turn in your entire portfolio.


 * All Vocabulary gets graded twice**--once during the spot check and once at the end when you turn in your entire portfolio.


 * All Quizzes get graded twice**--once when you take them and once at the end when you turn in your entire portfolio.


 * Most Assignments are only graded once** -- at the end when you turn in your portfolio.

If you keep in mind that Logs and Vocabulary are each worth 10 points per chapter, that means the Ship Log section in your binder is worth a total of 340 points. The Vocabulary is worth 340 points. The quizzes are each worth 100 points. There are six of them. That means that the Quiz section of your portfolio is worth 600 points.

Assignments vary from year to year and so I can't tell you exactly how much the assignment section is worth until the end of the unit. But typically it is worth between 300 and 500 points.

So when you do the math it becomes clear the the entire portfolio is worth at least 1,580 points when you hand it in at the end of the unit. So I can't stress to you enough the importance of staying current, staying organized, and fixing problems that you may have had during the spot checks or on quizzes that you may not have done well on.