What’s a POL?
What is a POL (Presentation of Learning)?
This acronym stands for a project that lets you present your learning and growth.
What is communication?
One reason we do POLs is to practice this real-world skill.
What is Character Collage?
In this option, students compare themselves to a book character through art.
What is your identity or personal journey?
A bag with 5 personal items helps you reflect on this.
What is the name of the project the student chooses?
Fill in the blank: “The POL I choose is ____.”
What is a chance to showcase their understanding and pride?
A POL gives students this kind of opportunity to reflect and express themselves.
What is creativity?
POLs let students express themselves in this imaginative way.
What is “The Bag I Carry”?
This POL asks students to pack symbolic items that represent who they are.
What is 5–7 moments?
In the timeline project, how many moments are required?
What is “A POL is a presentation where I reflect on what I learned”?
Use this stem to explain what a POL is: “A POL is…”
True or False: POLs are only about tests and grades.
What is False?
What is a text-to-self connection?
This kind of connection helps tie your personal experiences to the texts you read.
What is Visual Timeline: Moments That Made Me?
In this POL, you show key turning points in your life using drawings or photos.
What is a literary theme or character?
One moment in your timeline must connect to this element from literature.
What is “The POL I choose is The Bag I Carry”?
Use the sentence stem “The POL I choose is…” to name the one where you carry items that represent you.
What is “...a way for me to reflect on what I’ve learned and show my progress”?
Finish the sentence: A POL is...
What is building confidence, thinking deeply, or developing voice?
Name one benefit of doing a POL besides improving grades.
True or False: You can invent your own character for the Character Collage POL.
True
What is Character Collage?
POL project shows both your face and a character’s side by side
What is a personal memory or event that influenced who I am?
Fill in this reflective stem: “A moment that shaped me was…”
Explain how a POL is different from a traditional test or essay.
What is: A POL allows students to present their learning in creative, reflective, and personal ways, showing growth—not just correct answers or writing structure?
How does completing a POL help you grow beyond the classroom?
What is it? It builds public speaking skills, helps me understand myself better, and prepares me for real-world communication and presentations.
Which POL project would be best for a student who enjoys storytelling through visuals and why?
What is: The Visual Timeline, because it uses images, drawings, or photos to share personal milestones and connect them to themes in literature
Choose a moment from Weirdo that helped you understand something about your own identity or story. How did that moment relate to your life?
A personal connection to a part of “Weirdo” where the main character felt misunderstood, different, or tried to find their place, just like a time I felt out of place but learned to embrace who I am
Write your own original sentence stem that could help someone reflect on their learning or identity during a POL.
“One thing I discovered about myself this year is…”