Slide 1Using Performance Walls and Descriptive Feedback to Improve Student Writing Slide 2 Why use Descriptive Feedback? Students seldom have adequate information about how…
Slide 1“Less is More”: Responding to Student Writing Slide 2 Which metaphor best describes achieving better student writing? The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.…
Slide 1 RESPONDING TO STUDENT WRITING Slide 2 When students understand the importance of what they're trying to say as writers, they also care about how their words…
Slide 1 Slide 2 Kate Coombs Curriculum Director for Gibbs Smith Education Taught for Los Angeles Unified School District for 14 years Spent 4 of those years as a teacher…
Slide 1 Kákau Mea Nui Writing Matters A Waimanalo Elementary and Intermediate School and University of Hawai`i Partnership to improve student writing Slide 2 Improving Student…
Slide 1 Edit No More Responding to Student Writing Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop Center for Educational Practice Slide 2 Promoting Reflective Practice Context: Assessment…
Slide 1 What We Talk about When We Talk about Teaching Writing Margaux Sanchez Supported by The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Slide 2 What do we mean by…
Slide 1Common Errors in Student Writing Slide 2 Wordiness Use only the essential words to get your message across: Wordy: The sale of surplus rotor blades is almost certainly…