ESSENTIAL

ELEMENTS OF THE
PORTFOLIO
Presented by:
Earl Kim A. Mallapre

BSED-SCIENCE A
 📌 Cover Letter

“About the author” and “What

my portfolio shows about my
progress as a learner” (written
at the end, but put at the
beginning). The cover letter
summarizes the evidence of a
 📌 Table of Contents with
numbered pages.

The table of contents is an organized

listing of your document's chapters,
sections and, often, figures, clearly
labelled by page number. Readers
should be able to look at your table of
contents page and understand
immediately how your paper is
📌E
📌 Dates on all entries, to
facilitate proof of growth
over time.

Specific dates have to be

included for all entries to
facilitate evidence of growth
overtime.
📌 Drafts of aural/oral and written
products and revised versions

Drafts of oral, aural, and written

products and revised versions have to
be included in the portfolio.
Drafting helps expand upon, clarify,
and modify their initial plans and
ideas, and it helps them organize their
content into a meaningful sequence or
 📌 Reflections
Reflections can appear at
different stages in the learning
process (for formative and/or
summative purposes.)
This includes all the learning
gathered and being realized. It
shows all your thoughts, ideas,
and opinions about the subject.
a. For each item - a brief
rationale for choosing the item
should be included.
This can relate to students’
performance, to their feelings
regarding their progress and/or
themselves as learners.
Students can choose to reflect
• What did I learn from it?
• What did I do well?
• Why (based on the agreed
teacher-student assessment
criteria) did I choose this item?
• What do I want to improve in
the item?
• How do I feel about my
performance?
 MOST
ESSENTIAL
ELEMENTS OF
PORTFOLIO
 📌 Quality Pictures

The pictures in your portfolio are,

without question, the most important
aspect overall. If the photographs of
your previous projects look
unprofessional, it’s unlikely that
prospective clients will want to put
their trust in you for their building
project when they can’t even see the