Aim: How can we create a portfolio of our work for potential employers?

Aim: How can we create a portfolio of our work for potential employers?
Do Now: Reflection: Of all the articles and projects we’ve learned how to do in this class, which one was your favorite and why?
THIS WILL BE COLLECTED! (3 min.)
Materials:
• Portfolio assignment
• Essay assembly graphic organizer
• Ali faux Regents listening passage assignment
• Paper, pens
• Macs, class blog
Procedures:
1.) Elicit Do Now responses-


3.) Mini-lesson: review, note taking-
We’ve taken notes many times throughout the year to get important information for our stories.
This first part of your portfolio is to see how well you can take notes.
THINK for 30 seconds and review, for you, what is the best way for you to take notes?
(30 sec.)

Now turn and talk to your partner, what is your most preferred way to take great notes?

Share Out: I’m going to call on three people randomly.


Sports Management
Portfolio Project
Directions: For the next two weeks, culminating on the day after Memorial Day, June 1st, you will produce the six parts that will make up your portfolio for your future career as a sports professional.
You will be responsible for the following parts of your portfolio:

• A story that is based on your note taking skills
• A story based on research and your knowledge of stats and charts
• A collection of photographs that are beautifully composed
• A resume
• A press release about yourself
• A game story based on an actual game that you witness
FOR EXTRA CREDIT:
• Create an original PowerPoint presentation, (5 slides) must be printed out as SLIDES
• Or two additional pages in magazine or fanzine format
• Or two additional pages in screenplay format
• Or create two additional pages that show your understanding of Photoshop
Rules for Assignment:
All parts of project must be bound in a plastic folder, (like the one that I provided for the magazine project) and assembled by you for a grade by June 1st, 2010.
You must purchase the folder for your project. These can be easily purchased at any Staples or stores like Rite Aid, Duane Reade, etc.
All papers must go through the revision process and be a second draft.
Grading:
Parts 1 through 6:
15 points each
Properly bound in plastic folder:
10 Points