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Improving Student Writing Skills read as a whole; the author could vary his sentence structure to create more flow. Paragraphs also would increase a score in Organization. Two Methods for Adjusting the Scoring Rubric If using the Traits of Good Writing in your content area classes or with content-specific assignments, you may want to use one of the following two methods for transforming the basic rubric. • Weighting the Traits The relative importance of each trait is not the same for every assignment. For example, after reading a current events article, you may wish to check a student’s written response for comprehension, thus choosing to place an emphasis on Ideas; likewise, for an illustrated poster, you may weigh Presentation higher than the other traits. Using a flexible rubric to weigh the traits has the advantage of accentuating the most important points of the assignment, while continuing to give at least token credit for writing style. Use the Weighted Scoring Rubric Template on page 86 to emphasize whichever traits are most important in any given assignment. • Personalizing Assessment Criteria In some assignments, the standard assessment criteria for the Traits of Good Writing don’t speak specifically to what you want. For example, if the assignment were to create a comic strip showing the journey of food through the digestive system, you might score students based primarily on their demonstrated knowledge of the parts of the digestive system (esophagus, stomach, etc.). The standard method of scoring Ideas might not be quite enough. By “plugging in” a separate rubric to the Ideas slot, you could give students points for 82 http://www.books-foru.blogspot.com
Assessment and the Traits of Good Writing each described piece of the digestive system. You may choose to keep the standard criteria for the rest of the traits, or you could plug in as many specifics as you like. This personalized system is the preferred method for integrating the Traits of Good Writing into content area classes. http://www.books-foru.blogspot.com 83
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Table of Contents Introduction.. .
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Introduction As a writing teacher,
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Vocabulary Review Vocabulary Review
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Chapter One Your Physical Classroom
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Your Physical Classroom How Is Your
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Chapter Two Frameworks for Classroo
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References References Adams, P. (19
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References Isernhagen, J., & Kozise
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