Thirty-six Stars

This program includes a compact writing portfolio for middle and high school students. The portfolio contains fifteen total prompts. There are five prompts for each grade level, 6 thru 8 or 9 thru 11. The prompts are grouped and organized in grade level packets providing the assessor with a clear, immediate, and objective means of visually assessing student progress through each prompt and response cycle. This approach saves valuable time and effort when filing individual student responses and/or retrieving them for comparative analysis and growth assessment.Also, the appendices section contains instructive writing packets designed to aid students in developing higher level writing skills through the mastery of phrases. The packets employ a novel approach that fires the imagination.