Tina, I teach four sections of 7th grade English and one remedial 8th grade English class. I have a total of 140 students in a six hour day and am overwhelmed with the assessing of writing. I am using the 6 Traits, but also have to do reading, spelling, grammar, speaking and listening in a 55 minute period. There is not a weekend that I don't take piles of papers home to read and write comments. I won't give a writing assignment and score it with only a number or letter. Middle school students won't write if I don't provide feedback. Handing back papers doesn't happen in a week or two, sometimes it takes me three weeks. I do the best that I can in the amount of time provided. -- Ann [email protected]
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