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Ideas for School-Wide Writing Assessment Practice
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Bringing Real World Opportunities to Remedial Level Students
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Joel Ballantyne replied to Stacey Wielfaert's discussion Ideas for School-Wide Writing Assessment Practice
Ben Stafford replied to Stacey Wielfaert's discussion Ideas for School-Wide Writing Assessment Practice"We do schoolwide writing prompts. Using the SAT
Rubric the entire high school staff uses a workshop
day to score the prompts. The English dept. selects
exemplars for each score level (1-6). The staff divides up
to…"
Denise Stewart replied to Stacey Wielfaert's discussion Ideas for School-Wide Writing Assessment Practice"One suggestion--try NEA's free website and post your concern there. You should receive several responses.
www.nea.org
Denise
www.ellteacherpros.com
www.teachingsuccesseswithells.blogspot.com"
Denise Stewart replied to Stacey Wielfaert's discussion Ideas for School-Wide Writing Assessment Practice"My site is doing much of the same. The vast majority of teachers do not want to be pulled out of their classes (and I understand why) so it is always a problem finding enough scorers.
Good…"
Stacey Wielfaert replied to Beth Woof's discussion Changing our vocabulary in the group Ontario Edubloggers"Hi, I'm not in Ontario, but I lived and taught in Toronto for five years. I am now teaching in Cleveland, TN at one of the local high schools. This discussion is so interesting because we are also trying to look at the idea of educational…"
Stacey Wielfaert replied to Stacey Wielfaert's discussion Bringing Real World Opportunities to Remedial Level Students"To Denise and Katy,
These are great suggestions/thoughts. Thanks for your input."
Katy Scott replied to Stacey Wielfaert's discussion Bringing Real World Opportunities to Remedial Level Students"I think a big part of teaching remedial high school students is to present information and school work differently. Most of them have already experienced traditional teaching environments, and they've failed. So we need to try something new.…"
Denise Stewart replied to Stacey Wielfaert's discussion Bringing Real World Opportunities to Remedial Level Students"There are such students in every school. At my site, we offer special classes to help those kids. The teachers who run those classes are very non-traditional (hence the reason they were picked). They employ creative approaches to address student…"
Stacey Wielfaert posted a discussionBringing Real World Opportunities to Remedial Level Students
Who is doing this well? I am an English teacher for Grade 10 and 11. Remedial students struggle with making connections between writing, research, and literature study and their own lives/experiences. Lack of motivation, support, and empathy are my biggest adversaries. See More
Stacey Wielfaert replied to Steve Hargadon's discussion Introduce Yourself or Ask Your Questions Here! in the group Classroom 2.0 Beginner Group!"Hi,
My name is Stacey Wielfaert, and I am interested in using technology in the classroom. Presently, I teach Grade Eight Writing and Literature. My hope is to capture the attention of all of my students as we study ways of communication in society…"
Stacey Wielfaert replied to Tamra Lanning's discussion Does ANYONE else have this job??"Hi Tamara, I don't know anyone who has this job, but I did notice that one of the nearby school systems has also posted this kind of job - called CARDS. I was also very interested in the subject because it seems to focus on curriculum…"
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