ELA Correcting - Half Day

Tomorrow afternoon we will be gathering together to correct practice exams for the 11th grade ELA exam. Students wrote a task two essay yesterday in the cafeteria. In addition to correcting the exams, I think we should:

• discuss ways to help students write about nonfiction
• define the different types of writing we want to see at each grade level

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Here are a list of concerns that we noticed:

• use a quotation..."Miss, no one's speaking"
• quotations/citations from article given, but in isolation...not connected or explained why significant.
• one stat from chart (if at all), or chart reference not tied in well
  
• message not addressed to senator or inappropriate tone
• too much personal info
• very poor organization and/or no paragraphs, topic sentences , transitions,
  
• thesis not supported by text, examples, analysis etc.
• too much summary from articles...