3.2.2 Creative Writing Rubrics: To measure creativity in writing, the Creative Thinking Value Rubrics developed by faculty experts of colleges and universities across the United States was used (Rhodes & Finley, 2013) (Appendix C). It is divided into 9 parts: creative thinking, critical thinking, information literacy, inquiry and analysis, oral communication, problem solving, reading, teamwork and written communication. Creative thinking is further divided into 6 parts :( 1) acquiring competencies, (2) taking risks, (3) solving problems, (4) embracing contradictions, (5) innovative thinking; (6) and connecting, synthesizing, and transforming. The learners’ creativity in writing was scored as benchmark, milestones and capstone. If …show more content…
The instructor first provided students with some information regarding dynamic assessment. The test- train- retest model of dynamic assessment was used. During the semester students were provided with some topics which were based on their course book and they were asked to write about them. Each writing included 20 minutes of intervention in the classroom which lasted for 14 sessions. While they wrote about each topic, the participants were supplied with some training regarding the complexity, vocabulary, and formality of their writings, which was conducted the session after the pre-test. After writing the first draft, each student was requested to submit their draft to the instructor. The students' drafts were scored based on the PET writing scoring rubric and some comments were provided. Finally, the students received the first drafts with comments on them. Becoming aware of their weak and strong points, the students revised the first drafts and then were requested to bring the revised drafts to the class. The total number of writings they had throughout the semester was 5. At the end, after the treatment was conducted, the writing section of PET (2004) was administered to see how the students had benefited from this kind of …show more content…
2 groups served as the experimental group and received treatment (portfolio assessment and dynamic assessment) while the other group served as the control group and received only the routine instruction. To ascertain the homogeneity of the three groups PET language proficiency test was employed. Each group consists of 40 intermediate EFL students from a private English Language Institution. In order to measure the effectiveness of the treatment, the pretest posttest design was selected in this case, the control group took the same pretest and posttest as did the experimental group, but did not receive the
Carrillo Response to Paty Orozcoregalado Connection: HI Paty! I am glad to see that you brought up our 340 class. The assessments I did during the fieldwork for that class were some of my first hands on experience with using and interpreting screeners and individual studnt assessments. Discussion: I feel like this week’s reading has been great because it has helped me to further specify the uses of the many different types of tests and assessments.
Dusk had come, silent, ceremonious, which brought her painful but pleasant memories in the diminishing light. Her shaking hands and arthritic fingers from the passing of time were holding the record player’s metal arm. The stylus hopped, moving lightly and quickly over damaged grooves from excessive use, landing very deep in the vinyl recording. She attempted again, one of her hands embracing the other, to the point where the overture’s rewarding hop and crepitation signified the precise spot. The incongruous speakers passed a faint melody of music.
The worn brass saxophone buzzed with arcane energy as I picked it up for the first time. Verdigris and rust crept out from underneath the joints binding the horn together and pockmarked the body of the instrument. Dark pits and long, deep scratches, like scars on a battleworn samurai of the Yamaha clan, covered the keys. The lacquer had been stripped off the body of the horn, but not the keywork, which created an odd, slightly unsettling contrast between the matte and shiny finishes. I almost thought that a vigorous rub would cause a genie to unfurl from the bell.
Lydia and her team are assigned to capture and hold fort RED. Her squadron is slowly sneaking up on fort RED. They consist of Grant Doolittle,Bobby Joe, and Jimmy Jack. Lydia, whose age is only 20, is older than the whole squadron. Lydia is commanding her squadron.
I need to assess your writing as individuals and the class as a group so I can make adjustments. Assignment Outline Paragraph 1 is a summary. A summary should identify author, article, purpose, and give me an idea of the main points. One of the most challenging aspects of summary is the length. This summary paragraph should be 5-7 sentences.
"Are you reading this? If you are, then you have woken. You have been in a coma for 23 years. Everything you've ever seen, felt, heard or tasted was a hallucination. Your friends weren't real.
What a Feeling to be in First-Year Composition: A Writing Analysis on the Important Qualities First-Year Composition Instills in Sacramento State Students for Future Success in Academic Writing First-year composition should be a requirement for all first-time college students at Sacramento State because it’s vital in guiding students through the courses they will take in college no matter their major or career path. The course introduces students to shift from high school writing to college level writing and enhances the necessary skills already present in first-year college students such as critical thinking. College writing compared to high school writing greatly differs. Throughout high school, students focused on narrating an essay,
The moon was the only witness, along with the stars. They were the only ones that would know, and they wouldn 't tell. The ground was moist from the rain that had come early in the morning, and by the fog that stayed since then. The shovel scraping against stray rocks in the ground was too loud, and I feared that someone would hear. The hole in the ground looked like a bottomless pit, where no one would ever find a body.
As I have learned how to conduct writing conferences, I know that the words that I choose to use will greatly impact my student’s learning. Questions such as, “What are you doing as a writer today?” will challenge my students to see themselves as writers and be able to think through their process of writing. (25) In addition, while teaching number talks, I have asked the question, “How did you figure that out?” (31).
Figure 1 is a summary of the students’ learning throughout the learning segment. I administrated this test as a pre-assessment prior to the lesson one and administered it again after the completion of lesson 3. This test is a compilation of students’ learning and it demonstration how they met the standards and objectives that were set out for them to achieve. The evaluation criteria in which this assessment and all other assessment in the individual lessons did was not altered. Even though the students have different learning needs, the assessment met all of the needs for all learners.
Every student has their own writing process. Writing process ways is the student's way to have the best writing assignments and make who ever read it understand their main idea. In this essay I am going to explain my own writing process for various type. In chapter 4 by Keith Hjortshoj “How Good Writing Gets Written” which talks about how should develops their writing skills and gives them some tips that they should use in their writing process.
Over the course of the semester, my main goal was to become a more precise writer and develop my identity as a writer. According too, the Portfolio Letter assignment sheet, becoming a better writer consists of precise planning, draft and revising. It also includes understanding a variety of academic genres by examining the basic characteristics that defines each type. In order too efficiently meet my goal of becoming a better writer, it was very important to have my work evaluated by others and myself as well. The use of rhetorical knowledge, critical thinking, reading and writing all are the important aspects in this course.
I incorporate this learned experience daily and learn through each success and discovered area of improvement. Addressing my students needs using a variety of assessment tools has been a beneficial practice to help guide instruction. Students have different learning styles and their strengths and weaknesses are not always apparent using the same methods of assessment. Utilizing formative, standards(goal)-based, anecdotal, observational and benchmarks has driven my instructional programs. The combination of different assessments provides me with a multi-dynamic perspective of my students allowing me to better understand their strengths, weakness and academic needs.
The components of my reflective writing portfolio parallel my developments as a writer who is more in tuned with herself—a creator. My revised essay was a piece that I wrote in my freshman English course. As I reread it for the first time in about two years, I was unclear as to what was the question or prompt that I was trying to address. That possibly speaks to a lack of clarity within my writing. However, while revising this piece, I was able to offer an extended, more evolved perspective; my goal was to better articulate to my audience the feelings that I possessed towards the subject.
Writing essays and other types of posts has always been difficult for me. But, throughout this composition class, I have learned many interesting and new things about the different types of writing styles. When starting this class, I considered myself to be an average writer with run-of-the-mill vocabulary, ordinary sentence structure and typical finished products. This class has helped me greatly improve my writing skills in a variety of ways. I have learned multiple things by taking this class, such as new ways to approach writing and that there is much that I still need to learn about composition.