About+Me+Assignment

September 11, 2009 – About Me (Author: Kaitlyn Spaulding)

Our new assignment is to create an ‘About Me’ for our online portfolios, something to give the viewer a little information about us. (Reminder: The information must be school appropriate. For privacy reasons, use your first name only when introducing yourself.)

There is, of course, a [|rubric] for this assignment. There are five parts of the rubric that you should pay attention to. First, you need an introduction. The introduction, as with any paper, gives the reader a brief overview of what you’re going to be talking about. You might start off with something simple: “My name is [name] and I am in [grade level] at Greenville High School.” Use the next few sentences to introduce yourself.

The biggest requirement is to include three important events in your life. This makes up the body of your ‘About Me’. Tell a little story, perhaps. “When I was in third grade, I got my first cat.” Make sure you include at least three events; you don’t want to have points taken away for simply not including something.

Spelling and grammar are a given. You may—and probably should—use Microsoft Word or another program that features spell check and grammar check while typing your ‘About Me’. Why is grammar and spelling so important? Colleges could be looking at your online portfolio; you may opt to present this for a job interview, etc. Proper English makes a wonderful impression.

Check to make sure your ‘About Me’ is organized and make sense. If you need some inspiration or a general idea of what your assignment should look like, check this [|site] out.

Now, go to www.rcampus.com and log in. Select the ‘My Home’ tab, then click ‘About Me’ from the drop-down menu. It should look like this (below). Click 'Edit Page', paste your work into the text box, and save.