Final Portfolio Project

A portfolio is a collection of work that is submitted and marked as a whole. Your portfolio will
demonstrate your knowledge, thinking and application skills through an initial submission of your work
and a submission with revisions.
Over the last four weeks you have submitted an assignment to Ms. Cassidy (at the end of each week)
and returned your work with feedback and a level (1-4+). For your portfolio, you will make revisions
based on the feedback.
Your final portfolio is due Day 20 and the work submitted will determine your final mark.
Objective:
You may choose whichever activities you want to include in your portfolio. Your portfolio must include
a collection of revised activities that equal 30 points.
Each piece is worth 10 points each.
1. Daily Blog: You will be placed in one of the following groups and one of the roles within that
group. The groups are: the Serfs, the Clergy, the Royal Class, the Knights and Pages, and the
Lords and Ladies. You will blog from the perspective of someone in the role assigned to you
(i.e. Merchant, King, Nun, etc.) and reference lesson materials (one post daily for the whole
week).
2. Build a Castle: Pretend that you are a present day architect. Based on the information we have
learned in class and research you can conducted yourself, recreate a medieval castle and village
in the program Minecraft. You must provide a rationale of why you built your castle and village
the way that you did (*reference your research and class notes).
3. Author & Illustrate a Legend: You will write and illustrate a legend about medieval times (a
modified version, such as King Arthur, or completely your own design about knights and
dragons). You have a choice of submitting a paper or electronic version (i.e.
www.storybird.com).
4. Build a Catapult: With your knowledge of pulleys and tension in science class, and your
knowledge of catapults in social studies class, you will design, build, and test a miniature
catapult (in groups), but you will individually provide a rationale of your groups choices and
your personal contributions.
5. Culture & the Arts: You will research and design a virtual museum exhibit through Glogster to
illustrate a medieval masquerade (costume, music, art, food) with videos, photos, and text.
Assessment:
Your portfolio will be assessed based on the Ontario curriculum achievement chart (Knowledge,
Thinking, Communication, Application). The rubric chart is attached to this document. Please refer to
the rubric chart as your complete and revise your portfolio.

Final Portfolio Rubric

KNOWLEDGE &
UNDERSTANDING
Understanding of content
(Medieval Studies
people, society, culture).

LEVEL 1

LEVEL 2

LEVEL 3

LEVEL 4

THINKING
Use of planning skills
(make revisions and submit
work by deadlines)
Use of critical/creative
thinking processes
(use feedback to revise
works and reflections)

LEVEL 1
uses planning skills
with limited
effectiveness
uses critical/creative
thinking processes
with limited
effectiveness
LEVEL 1
articulates and
organizes ideas and
information with
limited effectiveness

LEVEL 2
uses planning skills with
some effectiveness

LEVEL 1
applies knowledge and
skills in familiar
contexts with limited
effectiveness

LEVEL 2
applies knowledge and
skills in famisliar
contexts with some
effectiveness

demonstrates
considerable
understanding of
content
LEVEL 3
uses planning skills
with considerable
effectiveness
uses critical/creative
thinking processes with
considerable
effectiveness
LEVEL 3
articulates and
organizes ideas and
information with
considerable
effectiveness
LEVEL 3
applies knowledgeand
skills in familiar
contexts with considerable effectiveness

COMMUNICATION
Articulate and organize
ideas and information
while referencing
research/classroom
materials
APPLICATION
Application of knowledge
and skills (pulleys,
research, writing) in
familiar contexts (online
programs).
Making connections
between subjects (between
social studies, and science,
and language arts, and the
arts)

demonstrates limited
understanding of
content

makes connections
within and between
various contexts with
limited effectiveness

demonstrates some
understanding of
content

uses critical/ creative

thinking processes with
some effectiveness
LEVEL 2
articulates and
organizes ideas and
information with some
effectiveness

makes connections
within and between
various contexts with
some effectiveness

makes connections
within and between
various contexts with
considerable
effectiveness

demonstrates thorough
understanding of
content

LEVEL 4
uses planning skills
with a high degree of
effectiveness
uses critical/creative
thinking processes with
a high degree of
effectiveness
LEVEL 4
articulates and
organizes ideas and
information with a
high degree of
effectiveness
LEVEL 4
applies knowledgeand
skills in familiar
contexts with a high
degree of effectiveness
makes connections
within and between
various contexts with a
high degree of
effectiveness