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Case: Creative Writing
This has been going on for some time. Some of the students in my 7th grade English class cannot distinguish between school writing and everyday speaking. They write like they speak. A lot of my students are African American, and they tend to use Ebonics in their writing. I have been trying to correct their writing errors since the beginning of the school, which was three months ago, but they still continue writing like they are speaking. I talked to the other English teacher at school to see how she deals with this issue if she has it. She said she did not pay attention to the writing errors if students were doing creative writing. I disagree with her. Even in creative writing, students should follow the rules of the language closely. The main problem is almost all of my African American students are failing my class while that is not the case with the other English teacher. Should I reconsider my position on this issue? I feel like my position shows high expectations; but I am not sure any more.
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
Each time a writing assignment comes up for the students you need to be very clear on what you are grading for. Have a rubric for them to look at and see what their writing should entail before they turn it in. Make sure that they have seen what good writing looks like vs. bad writing. If you want to grade them on correct grammar make sure that is outlined in the rubric. If you are working on main idea of a paragraph then you should be just looking for that unless specified to them that you are also grading for grammar, which then should show up on the rubric. I've learned after 14 years in the teaching business that when grading writing you can't grade EVERYTHING all the time........sometimes let them write in text if you are just looking for main ideas or thesis statements so they do have some creativity in their writing. |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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| The suggested solution is original |
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| Rated On: April 18, 2013 7:59 pm |
| Rated By: Ashley Dellane |
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Rating
| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is original |
Yes
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| Comments: I agree with this. Letting the students know what you expect up front will be helpful. |
| Rated On: February 21, 2018 6:32 pm |
| Rated By: uDyJeZ |
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