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Week 36 · Term Four · Portfolio, growth, exhibition and next questions

The Lantern Graduation

Curate a year of work like a museum curator, show your growth side by side like Austin’s butterfly drafts, plan an exhibition for your family, set SMART goals for next year, and name the questions worth chasing next.

A year of work, a story of growth, and better questions.

Monday chooses the pieces that tell your year’s story. Tuesday shows growth side by side. Wednesday plans the family exhibition. Thursday sets SMART goals. Friday files the year portfolio and names your next questions.

Day 1

Monday

25 minutes

Portfolio · Choose like a curator

Curate the Year

Select a small set of work that tells a clear story, use a percent to describe the selection, and explain each choice.

Make

A curator's list

Report handoff: The curator's list is filed. Tomorrow you show your growth side by side.

Day 2

Tuesday

25 minutes

Growth · Before and after

Austin's Butterfly

Show growth with before-and-after evidence, and describe the specific changes and the feedback that caused them.

Make

A growth pair

Report handoff: The growth pair is filed. Tomorrow you plan an exhibition for your family.

Day 3

Wednesday

25 minutes

Exhibition · Walk your visitors through the year

Plan the Exhibition

Plan a visual display that tells a clear story to an audience, and prepare to guide visitors through it.

Make

An exhibition plan

Report handoff: The exhibition plan is filed. Tomorrow you set goals for next year.

Day 4

Thursday

25 minutes

Goal setting · Goals anyone could check

Set SMART Goals

Turn a vague wish into a goal that is specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound.

Make

A goal card

Report handoff: The goal card is filed. Tomorrow you name the questions you want to chase next.

Day 5

Friday

30 minutes

Reflection · The next questions

Light the Lantern

Reflect on a year of learning with evidence, and write questions worth pursuing next.

Make

A year portfolio

Report handoff: The year portfolio is filed. Year One ends here, and your questions keep going. Keep your lantern lit.

Open the lantern journal.

The year portfolio uses only work entered here. It is a family record of this week’s work, not a grade, an attendance record, or proof of mastery.

Quest progressProgress recorded