4.2 Building a Portfolio
This Reaching New Heights lesson (RNH.4.2, “Building a Portfolio”) introduces students to the purpose and use of personal portfolios and guides them in beginning to assemble one of their own. It explains what artifacts a portfolio should contain, how to organize it with tabs and a cover letter, and includes sample appropriate and inappropriate cover letters along with connection questions.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Define a portfolio and tell what it is used for.
- Discuss how to prepare a portfolio and what it should contain.
- Assemble a portfolio for themselves.
- Time required
- 60 minutes
- Materials
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- Student résumés – (create prior to this lesson) – one per student
- Folders or binders – one per student