Giving Feedback on Writing

Sunday, 16 January 2011

 Session Objectives

Explore what we currently do

Share ideas

Look at possible criteria for giving

feedback and assessing students’
written work

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 So what is writing?

[U] the activity of creating pieces of written

work, such as stories, poems or articles
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/writing

Writing is the representation of language in a

textual medium through the use of a set of signs
or symbols
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing

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 As teachers, what do we see
writing as?

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 What feedback do we currently
give?

What tasks do you set and why?

What aspects do you mark?
What don’t you mark?
How do you mark and give feedback?

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 Making a difference!

On average, how much time do

you spend marking writing per
week?

How do you measure the success

of your feedback and the
difference it makes?

How much time do you spend

giving feedback on reading,
listening and speaking?

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 Possible criteria for Providing
Feedback

It should be meaningful, clear, consistent and

effective in improving students’ writing as a
whole
Be appropriate to level of students
Be manageable in terms of teacher time

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 Suggested Assessment Criteria

The writing process: planning, drafting, checking etc.

Task completion

Text organisation: sentence & paragraph cohesion, development

of ideas

Range of vocabulary & grammatical structures

Accuracy of grammar and vocabulary

Spelling, punctuation and presentation

Sunday, 16 January 2011