LESSON SEVEN:  Complete the Writing Process/“Publish” Final Drafts/Evaluation

 

LESSON DESCRIPTION

Students submit final drafts for teacher evaluation and complete a self-assessment based upon the Department’s Writing Prompt Scoring Guide.

 

GRADE-LEVEL EXPECTATIONS

W3C  Write multi-paragraph expository (exposition/expository writing) and persuasive (persuasive writing/argument) essays with

§         an effective thesis statement

§         effective paragraphing

§         convincing elaboration through specific and relevant details

§         originality and individual perspective

§         individual style and voice

 

LESSON MATERIALS

§         Sources of Literature

None provided

 

§         Supplies

o        Chalkboard, white board, or other area for suggested writing topics and timeline should remain visible for the duration of the writing process

o        Provide an overhead, a chalk board, or a white board on which revision/editing questions can be seen

 

§         Handouts provided

        Writing Prompt Scoring Guide (one student’s/one teacher’s)

 

§         Words to know

o        persuasive writing/argument

o        exposition/expository writing

o        style

o        voice

      

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Students’ final drafts, self-assessments, and justification paragraphs may be collected for teacher evaluation

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

 

1.        Students evaluate a peer’s draft using a copy of the Writing Prompt Scoring Guide.  This guide will be returned with the student paper.  Students should examine papers as critically as a teacher would.

 

2.        Students then consider their own paper, writing a reflective paragraph(s) in which they “justify” the score they believe they will receive. Suggest items for students to consider in the self-evaluation.