Fresh English: Getting and giving writing feedback

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Getting and giving writing feedback

Goal: Get and give feedback on your "Cask of Amontillado" paragraph before you turn it in for a grade.

Agenda:
Read
Review your paragraph in your EJ
Get and give feedback

1. Review your paragraph:
Open your English Journal.
Find the paragraph you wrote on 2/21 about "Cask of Amontillado."
Make it better.

2. Get and give feedback:

Copy your paragraph
Go to peergrade.io and sign in with google.
Paste your paragraph into the assignment box and submit it.
Then you will start getting other people's paragraphs to review and give feedback on.
Give good feedback because they will rate the quality of your feedback.
You will also review and give feedback on your own paragraph.
When you are done giving feedback you will be able to see all the feedback other people gave you.
This system is anonymous, but your teacher can see everything with names.

3. Work on your writing:

Use the feedback you just got from your peers to make your writing better.
You will submit this paragraph for a grade in a few days.

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Gradebook Explained

My grade book is on Power School for you to view. There are some things you need to know.

If you have a blank score or missing score that is not bad. Often scores are left blank when I do not grade an assignment right away. Sometimes blanks mean a student was absent for an in class experience. The point is do not panic about blank or missing scores.

Zeros however, are a real problem. Students get zeros when they do not turn in an assignment that they should have done. Zeros usually appear after I have asked the student several times to get the work finished. Students can sometimes undo a zero by turning in the work late. Some assignments can be regraded. See the button at the top of the blog to request a re-grade.

Often I do not enter many assignments until the end of the grading period when projects we have been working on for a few weeks become due. I try to enter progress grades every few weeks into the "progress category." Note that the progress category is only 10% of the total grade. Low scores on progress grades indicates that a student needs to improve their work before the final project is due.

Grade categories are weighted as follows:

50% Writing & Speaking (Essays, some in class assessments, and speaking assignments.)

40% Reading & Listening (Book reviews and reading progress and some listening assessments.)

10% Progress (writing draft grades, turning in required paperwork, some formative assessments)

Student grades are based on meeting grade level standard proficiencies. This is not a points or numbers game. There is no extra credit, but there may be additional opportunities to show proficiency.

I hope this will resolve some confusion. Of course if you have questions about grades please e-mail me.

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Getting and giving writing feedback

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