Section 9, Unit 2, Topic 2: Assessing Writing

I. CORRECTION SHEETS

1. Correction Sheet for an activity that asks students to add capital letters, periods, question marks, and a space between sentences in a paragraph

2. Correction Sheet for unscrambling sentences in Activity A of the Writing Activity Sequence in Topic 1

3. Correction Sheet for email writing activity in Activity B of the Writing Activity Sequence in Topic 1

Is your paragraph the same as this one?

he lives with her parents and her brother hey live in an

apartment heir apartment is near a hospital and shops t is also near

a park here do you live?

S . T

. T . I

. W

Activity A Correction Sheet

1. I don’t get home until 4:30PM.

2. I go to school at 7:30AM.

3. My family eats dinner together every night.

OR: Every night, my family eats dinner together.

4. I do my homework before dinner.

5. I go to bed at 9:00PM.

OR: At 9:00PM, I go to bed.

6. I usually walk to school with my friends.

To:

Subject:

Hi (your name),

Thanks for your email. Let me tell you about my usual day.

I go to school at 7:30AM. I usually walk to school with my friends. I don’t get home until 4:30PM. I do my homework before dinner. My family eats dinner together every night. After dinner, I watch TV or use the computer. I go to bed at 9:00PM.

That’s my usual day! I’ll write again soon.

Is your paragraph the same as this one?

he lives with her parents and her brother hey live in an

apartment heir apartment is near a hospital and shops t is also near

a park here do you live?

S . T

. T . I

. W

Activity A Correction Sheet

1. I don’t get home until 4:30PM.

2. I go to school at 7:30AM.

3. My family eats dinner together every night.

OR: Every night, my family eats dinner together.

4. I do my homework before dinner.

5. I go to bed at 9:00PM.

OR: At 9:00PM, I go to bed.

6. I usually walk to school with my friends.

7. After dinner, I watch TV or go online.

OR: After dinner, I go online or watch TV.

To:

Subject:

Hi (your name),

Thanks for your email. Let me tell you about my usual day.

I go to school at 7:30AM. I usually walk to school with my friends. I don’t get home until 4:30PM. I do my homework before dinner. My family eats dinner together every night. After dinner, I watch TV or go online. I go to bed at 9:00PM.

That’s my usual day! I’ll write again soon.

Is your paragraph the same as this one?

he lives with her parents and her brother hey live in an

apartment heir apartment is near a hospital and shops t is also near

a park here do you live?

S . T

. T . I

. W

Activity A Correction Sheet

1. I don’t get home until 4:30PM.

2. I go to school at 7:30AM.

3. My family eats dinner together every night.

OR: Every night, my family eats dinner together.

4. I do my homework before dinner.

5. I go to bed at 9:00PM.

OR: At 9:00PM, I go to bed.

6. I usually walk to school with my friends.

7. After dinner, I watch TV or go online.

OR: After dinner I go online or watch TV.

To:

Subject:

Hi (your name),

Thanks for your email. Let me tell you about my usual day.

I go to school at 7:30AM. I usually walk to school with my friends. I don’t get home until 4:30PM. I do my homework before dinner. My family eats dinner together every night. After dinner, I watch TV or go online. I go to bed at 9:00PM.

That’s my usual day! I’ll write again soon.

4. Rubric for a writing activity that asks students to use capital letters, periods, question marks, and a space between sentences (See Correction Sheet 1.)

5. Rubric for Activity C of the Writing Activity Sequence in Topic 1 (a free writing activity)

II. RUBRICS

4 Mostly correct - very few or no mistakes

3 Mostly correct - some mistakes

2 About halfway there - mistakes that could be corrected during editing

1 Many mistakes - this area needs work

1 2 3 4 Criteria

Used capital letters at the beginning of sentences

Used correct punctuation at the end of sentences

Indented at the beginning of the paragraph

Left space between the end of one sentence and the beginning of the next

Wrote neatly and clearly

Rating Criteria

4 3 2 1CONTENT: The student tells an e-friend seven (7) daily activities. The student includes the time the activities usually happen.

4 3 2 1ORGANIZATION: The activities are organized from the beginning of the day to the end of the day.

4 3 2 1USE OF LANGUAGE: Word order is correct. Grammar and word choice is correct or appropriate. The voice is informal.

4 3 2 1MECHANICS: The paragraph is not indented (because it is an email). The paragraph is neatly written. Punctuation and spelling are correct.

4 3 2 1 Overall score

Feedback:

Name

4 = very good, 3 = good, 2 = OK, 1 = needs improvement