Whatcanthislearnerdo?

Thisstudenthasabasicunderstandingthatdifferentparagraphsarefordifferentideas
Theworkhasatitle
Thisstudentprovidesdecentinformationabouttheoceanlevels/zones
Thisstudentcanprovidesomefactsabouthowhumanspollutetheoceans
WhatquestionsdoIhaveaboutthislearnerand/orherwork?
Whereistheintroduction?Whereistheconclusion?
Didthestudenthaveaclearunderstandingofthepromptandtheelementsrequiredinthis
essay?
Didthisstudentusenonfictiontexttodrawinformationfrom?Asareference?
Didthestudentrereadhisessaybeforesubmission?
Doesthestudentedit?Draft?
Whataremynextsteps?
Essayorganization
Mainideasrequiredinprompt(climate,humanimpact,ecosystemresources,etc.)
Readingandtakingfromnonfictiontexts
Collectingmoreinformation

Iintroducedthestudenttotheuseofgraphicorganizers.Eachwebfromthecenterwastobea
differentmainidea,whichisthenfollowedbydetailsofthatmainidea.Weworkedtogetherto
collectinformationandassignmainideastoparagraphs.Itisaveryexplicitgraphicorganizer
thatevenspecifieswhichnumberparagrapheachideagoesin.Thestudentpreferredittobe
thisway,andalsolikedtocheckofftheparagraphsashewrotetoshowhimselfprogress.

(Aboveisthestudentsfinalsubmissionofhisessayaboutoceans.Hesuccessfullyestablished
mainideasthatwererequiredbytheprompt,usednonfictiontextsforsupportingdetails,and
lengthenedhiswriting)