Your Points:

San Pasqual Academy

___/760 English 9 and 10 - Ms. Priester/Ms. Na’im
College & Career
Portfolio Project

Student Name: _______________________________________________

Student Identification Number: ______________________________
Date: ________________________________________________________

Rubric

Content Rubric
Draft Points Score
0
Career Clusters /15 missing
Item is not present. Sentences do not
Student Intro (10) make sense. Writing is very confusing.
/30 Most ideas are plagiarized.
Career Choice/Personality (10)
Δ
Life Skills/Money Management 10
far below grade level
(10) Item is inaccurate, and/or it does not
SAT/ACT /30 meet the description of the essay part.
Ideas do not relate to the opinion
statement. Writing is confusing. Some
Choose Your Own Adventure (15) ideas are plagiarized.
/35
College Tour/Life (20) -
16
Adventure Reflection (6) below grade level
/36 Item is partially developed. Writing is
College Application (10) simplistic and vague (unclear). Ideas
stray from the opinion statement.

Job Application (10) √

26
Resume (10) at grade level
Item is accurate, completely developed,
Mock Interview Results /52 and support the opinion statement.
Writing is interesting and detailed.
Writing is free of “dummy phrases,”
Mock Interview Thank You Letter
clichés, and slang.
(15) /30
+
Mock Interview Reflections (15) 32
above grade level
Items is accurate, completely developed,
Enter the World Activity (10) and support the entire controlling
/20 impression. Writing is very interesting
Final Portfolio (10) and heavily detailed. Writing is free of
“dummy phrases,” clichés, and slang.
Total Score Sentence structure and vocabulary are
advanced.
(___/760)

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 Table of Contents
Cover Page
Table of Contents
Student Introduction
Career Clusters
Career Choice & Personality
Life Skills & Money Management Activity
SAT/ACT
Choose Your Own Adventure Activity
Adventure Reflection
College Tour & College Life Activity
College Application
Job Application
Resume
Mock Interview Results
Mock Interview Thank You Letter
Interview Reflections
Enter the World Activity

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 Student Introduction
Directions: Write a brief introduction about yourself. Where do you see yourself when you are 25 years old?
Discuss where you plan to live and how you vision yourself living. Describe your house, career, financial
situation, relationships with family and friends, and your educational accomplishments. How are you taking
steps now to reach your destiny? Insert your typed response behind this cover sheet. Title your paper “My
Destiny: (Your Name)”.
Please use grade-level (or above) writing. Use complete sentences with proper punctuation and grammar.

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 Career Clusters
Directions: Insert your “Career Clusters” survey activity behind this cover sheet. Be sure you have completed
your survey, including page 6 (your top 3 clusters).

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 Career Choice & Personality
Directions: Go online and take a career and personality profile quiz at http://www.careertest.net/cgi-bin/q.pl
Use the accompanying chart to color your selected personality type. Write a brief analysis of the results of your
personality assessment, including a description of your personality type. Do you think the report is accurate?
Why or why not? Do you think you are best suited for the career fields recommended in the Career Clusters
Survey and/or the personality assessment? Type your analysis and insert your typed page behind the
personality graphics page (after this cover sheet).

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 Life Skills & Money Management Activity

Directions: Describe the steps you are taking to reach success next to each picture.

How well are you doing in high

school? How will your efforts in
high school effect your future?

Do you plan to attend college or

vocational school? What plans
should you make now to ensure
your future?

Where do you plan to live when you

graduate high school? How will you
be able to obtain your dream
house?

Where will you work in order to pay

for your lifestyle? How will you
support yourself?

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 SAT/ACT Practice Test

Directions: Insert your practice SAT/ACT examination results behind this cover sheet.

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 Choose Your Own Adventure Activity

San Pasqual In the real world My strengths My needed areas

Academy of improvement
Academics: Being
able to excel in
school.

Behavior: Being able

to follow rules and
accept consequences

Authority: Being
able to get along
with those who are
in charge.

Punctuality: Being
able to arrive on
time.

Appearance:
Dressing
appropriately

Communication:
Being able to
effectively
communicate with
others
Coping Skills:
Handling negative
events

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 Adventure Reflection

Directions: Write or type one paragraph in reflection on the Choose Your Own Adventure
Activity. Describe what you learned about how your choices can affect your future.

Write or type your response on a separate piece of paper and insert behind this cover sheet.

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 College Tour & College Life Activity
Directions: Write three of your choice colleges/universities/vocational schools. List three
pros (things you like about that school) and three cons (things that make you not want to
attend that school) in the appropriate boxes. Complete the reflection discussion question
after you’ve completed the chart.
Academic Pros Cons
Requirements for
Entrance (test
scores, GPA, costs)
College 1

College 2

College 3

After listing the pros and cons, which school do you think you’d like to attend? Discuss how
you came to your decision. At this point in your academic career, what improvements should
you make to increase the likelihood you are accepted to your choice school? What are your
strengths, which will increase the likelihood you will be accepted to your choice school?
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 College Application

Directions: Insert your completed college application behind this cover sheet.

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 Job Application

Directions: Insert your completed job application behind this cover sheet.

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 Resume

Directions: Insert your typed resume behind this cover sheet.

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 Mock Interview Results

Directions: Insert your Mock Interview Results behind this cover sheet.

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 Mock Interview Thank You Letter

Directions: Type a letter, thanking the interviewers for their time and consideration. Insert
your typed Mock Interview Thank You Letter behind this cover sheet.

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 Interview Reflections

Directions: Type or write a reflection on your interview experience. Insert your Interview
Reflections behind this cover sheet.

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 Enter the World Activity

Directions: The positive choices you make and your goal-oriented approach toward life can
help you to reach your goals. Complete the chart, reflecting on how you can play an active
role in reaching your goals.
Goal What you are doing now What you can do to How your actions affect
improve your future

Passing my classes this

quarter

Passing the high school

exit exam

Graduating high school

Going to college or
vocational school

Obtaining my own
home

Pursuing my ideal
career

Being financially
secure

Having good
relationships with
family and/or friends

Believing in myself and

my ability to succeed

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