Teachers can Successfully Assess how Descriptive Writing is being Utilized within the Classroom by:
Formative Assessment:
Watch for participation during full class examples & in group work. This is important because students may be more reluctant to speak up in front of the entire class, and may voice ideas in small groups instead.
Assess various writing stages: View written work throughout the lessons.
Asking students questions: Asking general or specific questions to students based on the mini-lessons will help you gauge their learning.
Watch for knowledge scaffolding: Watch students' writing to view how they are progressing throughout the descriptive writing process and be prepared to provide assistance.
Watch for participation during full class examples & in group work. This is important because students may be more reluctant to speak up in front of the entire class, and may voice ideas in small groups instead.
Assess various writing stages: View written work throughout the lessons.
Asking students questions: Asking general or specific questions to students based on the mini-lessons will help you gauge their learning.
Watch for knowledge scaffolding: Watch students' writing to view how they are progressing throughout the descriptive writing process and be prepared to provide assistance.
Summative Assessment:
This rubric is an example of how we would assess the final writing product and determine whether or not the students have successfully grasped the concepts of descriptive writing.
This rubric is an example of how we would assess the final writing product and determine whether or not the students have successfully grasped the concepts of descriptive writing.
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Elements of this rubric have been adopted from http://www.plattscsd.org/parents/6+1overview.pdf. This resource provides many examples of what rubrics can look like to assess English Language Arts.