Hi! Alice, I hear you. My classes are small, and I can still easily get overwhelmed. Things that have helped me: 1. staggered due dates so I don't get a depressingly huge pile all on the same day 2. allowing myself a few days to get work back rather than insisting on returning it the next day 3. arranging things so I have a few more corrections on weekends when I can catch up without staying up all night 4. using student-generated checklist/assessment sheets as an evaluation tool. This saves time two ways, one, they tend to produce stronger work in the first place because they are thinking metacognitively about what they have to do, and two, I know exactly what the criteria are by which I have to evaluate the piece. 5. along the same lines, using class time to help kids understand what they're doing right, what needs improvement, and why.
People with larger student loads than I may have additional suggestions. Take care, Bill Ivey Stoneleigh-Burnham School On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Alice Cortigiano <[email protected]> wrote: > (...) The only thing is reading all those essays....UGH! I > think that's why I hated it initially, I was overwhelmed with reading and > grading....any suggestions\? _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
