CREATING YOUR BEST WORK BINDER

Foundation Advisory

What is in a Best Work Binder?

Artifact from each class period English Math Advanced

Academics P.E. Advisory

Reflection from each class period English Math Advanced

Academics P.E. Advisory

Title page Table of contents

What is in a table of contents? It is a list of the parts of a book

or document organized in the order in which the parts appear.

How to make a Table of Contents

What is a Artifact? An Artifact is any piece of work

in a course that you showed competency in a specific area.

What is a reflection? A reflection is a written summary

of the materials you learned in a class that comes in a written response of your thoughts about what you learned.

What should your reflection include?

1. You want to connect your reflection to your artifact.

2. Your reflection should describe what you understand, what you learned or what makes your learning relevant(meaningful).

3. Your best work book should have artifacts that demonstrate that you understand and can show proof that you are competent in that specific area.

Possible reflection questions or prompts

I chose this piece because….. ? ‘s

What are the strengths of this work? What are the weaknesses of this

artifact? What would you work on more if you

had additional time? How has your ____ changed since last

semester? What do you know about ________ that

you did not know about before?

How did you get “stuck” working on this task?

How did you get “unstuck”? One skill that I could not perform

very well but now I can is….. Reflecting back on this piece I

learned….

Possible reflection questions or prompts

Goal setting What is one thing you can

improve upon in this piece? What is one way that you will

improve your_______(ex. Writing, doing PE once a day)

One thing I still need to work on is I will work toward my goal by….

Evaluation If you were a teacher and grading

your work, what grade would you give it and why?

What did you like or not like about this piece of work?

I like this piece of work because….. How could the knowledge you’ve

gained benefit some aspect of your future?

Effort How much time did you spend

on this product? The work would have been

better if I had spent more time on…..

I am pleased that I put significant effort into….

Now it is your turn Pick an Artifact from one of your

courses. Choose at least one writing

prompt from each section to write your summary reflection.

Begin with I chose this piece because….