Not exact matches
During my yearlong sabbatical, I had thought about how I might approach
writing portfolios, but I had foolishly forgotten the labor involved in frequent
essay grading!
In the last couple of weeks before
portfolios were due, I used our weekly
writing period to check my students» five
essays and to offer advice to them that would help as they readied their selected
essay for my review.
This second quarter, my students»
writing portfolios included six
essays with revised rough drafts — but, unlike last quarter when I graded all six
essays equally, I had students select one
essay to be graded more thoroughly than the others.
With my students»
writing portfolios, I am grading
essays on a wide variety of topics.
Several teachers I've met use the
portfolio system to do what it does best: help students rework
essays until they make them excellent, to figure out on their own how to make their
writing better.
Most critics of
portfolio assessment say they like the emphasis on demonstrated
writing and oral skill, but have seen too many instances in which a refusal to give traditional tests of factual recall leads to charmingly
written essays with little concrete information to support their arguments.
The
Writing Awards categories included the following: Critical
Essay, Dramatic Script, Flash Fiction, Humor, Journalism, Personal
Essay / Memoir, Persuasive
Writing, Poetry, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Short Story, and
Writing Portfolios.
In my school district, ELD students are expected to
write a narrative
essay for inclusion in their student
portfolios.
These included four
essays based on schoolwide essential questions, two literary response
essays, an oral language assessment that included retelling a story and delivering a dramatic monologue, a poetry
portfolio, and tests on persuasive
writing techniques and summarizing.
Measuring student growth without relying solely on narrow standardized tests involves looking at multiple measures of student learning, such as
essay exams,
portfolios of students» work in various subjects, and group projects that require analysis, investigation, experimentation, cooperation, and
written, oral, or graphic presentation of findings.
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