Employing the formative evaluation to improve writing skills, through the technique of annotated portfolios of creative work, with seventh graders of the new hope bilingual high school.

Abstract

This research paper is going to investigate the technique of annotated portfolios of creative work as a useful practice to work on the improvement of writing skills through a formative method. This investigation takes place in the private high school of New Hope, in Heredia, seventh graders were part of the process. The technique of annotated portfolios of creative work was combined with the teaching method of formative evaluation to have a variety of tasks where the students could develop their creativity to the fullest using their abilities, dividing the portfolio into the three tasks as writing about the environment, a picture, and a person.