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Freshman English
Choice Reading Unit
Choice Reading Unit
Essential Question: What can reading teach us about ourselves and the world around us?
Major Understanding: Reading is a valuable skill that allows us to connect to a variety of
people, emotions, and situations.
Your Task:
Use the learning menu to create a Choice Reading portfolio, demonstrating your understanding
of the following topics, and your level of proficiency in our competencies so far.
Produce several artifacts from the learning menu that demonstrate your proficiency
with the reading, writing, and speaking & listening competencies below.
You must produce the following:
One artifact from the Argumentative Writing portion
One artifact from the Vocabulary portion
Choose two categories from Characterization, Plot
Development, and Theme and produce one artifact for EACH category you
have chosen (two artifacts total)
If you choose to create your own project for any of the categories, you
must have it approved by your teacher.
Compose a reflection explaining how your portfolio as a whole and how each individual
artifact within your portfolio represents your answer to the essential question, as well as
demonstrates proficiency in the reading, writing, and speaking and listening targeted
competencies.
Include a five to seven sentence reflection for each artifact
Include at least one paragraph that reflects on your portfolio as a whole
and how your final product answers the essential question
Include specific examples from your Choice Reading text(s) to contribute
to your answer to the essential question.

Rubric:
Competency

Exemplary

Proficient

Basic Proficiency

Limited Proficiency

Reading
(Portfolio)

I have done everything to be

in Proficient, and my
artifacts
connect to texts outside of my
assigned reading.

I have done everything to be BP,

and through my artifacts
I apply my learning to life outside of
school by making text-to-world and
text-to-self connections in my
artifacts.

I have done everything to be in LP,

and through my artifacts
I incorporate each level of the learning
menu to demonstrate that new
learning about myself and the world
around me has occurred.

I demonstrate
comprehension of my
choice reading text(s)
through my portfolio.

Writing
(Reflection)

I have done everything to be

Proficient, and my writing
uses formal language, voice,
and is free from distracting
conventional errors.

I have done everything to be BP ,

and my writing
includes specific examples from the
text(s) and artifacts to explain how my
artifacts help to answer the essential
question.

I have done everything to be LP,

and my writing
addresses and explains all required
artifacts in my reflections.

My writing is focused on
answering the essential
question.

Speaking and
Listening
(Small group
presentation)

I have done everything to be

Proficient, and I use the
transmedia aspect of this
project to convey my message
to a greater audience.

I have done everything to be Basic

Proficient, and
my presentation demonstrates my
ability to effectively communicate my
thought process while answering the
essential question.

I have done everything to be

Limited Progress, and through my
presentation
I use both texts and my portfolio to
demonstrate that new learning has
occurred

I reflect confidence in my
final product.
My final product
addresses both artifacts
and my reflection.

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