Effective Portfolio Cover Letter Writing Tips
Enhance your portfolio with a well-crafted cover letter to the reviewer. Understand its purpose, what to include, and what to avoid to make a lasting impression.
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A Letter to the Reviewer Reflective Writing
A Letter to the Reviewer Is an important piece for your portfolio Is scored on an equal basis with the other pieces in the portfolio
A Letter to the Reviewer Provides an unifying factor that connects all the pieces in the portfolio Turns a folder of your best pieces into a portfolio
A Letter to the Reviewer Is designed for a student to assess him or herself as a writer
A Letter to the Reviewer is NOT An opportunity to praise or criticize KERA A generic description of stages in the writing process
A Letter to the Reviewer is NOT A thank-you note to express gratitude to the reviewer for assessing your portfolio An elaborate table of content listing and/or summarizing every portfolio entry
A Letter to the Reviewer is NOT An evaluation of your teacher A list of unsupported claims about your improvement as a writer
A Letter to the Reviewer is NOT An unrevised, unedited piece written on the portfolio due date A persuasive essay to convince the teacher how much you enjoy writing
A Letter to the Reviewer is NOT A final attempt to schmooze the teacher into giving you an A A voiceless response to every item listed above
Purpose of the Letter to the Reviewer A description of himself/herself as a writer including: A) Goals as a writer B) Progress and growth as a writer through the year C) Who or what has influenced the writing process and growth D) Approaches used by the student when writing
Purpose of the Letter to the Reviewer Selection of portfolio pieces including: A) How he/she arrived at his/her selections B) Role of the writing folder in portfolio selections C) Prewriting/thinking about the topic(s) D) Revision strategies that were helpful
Purpose of the Letter to the Reviewer Selection of portfolio pieces including: E) Editing strategies that were helpful F) Kinds of changes made and reasons for those changes G) Influence of teacher/peer conferencing
Purpose of the Letter to the Reviewer Any other comments the student wishes to make about this year s writing
Things to Remember The Letter to the Reviewer Is the only piece written exclusively for the portfolio. Students have only one Letter to the Reviewer, but have several choices regarding other categories
Things to Remember The Letter to the Reviewer - Is the final piece for inclusion in the assessment portfolio! - is a self-assessment of the writer s work
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