methods and criteria for assessing writing skills

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lesson 6. methods and criteria for assessing writing skills course type: practical semester: viii time: 80 minutes number of students: 14-15 lesson outline 1. warm up (use the psychological picture and discuss with students) 10 min 2. activity 1. check up the students’ knowledge of previous material. 15 min 3. activity 2. description 25 min 4. activity 3. working with worksheets. 20 min 5. activity 4. analyzing. 15 min assessing and giving home task. 5 min objectives: to make students confident and present topic in class; to develop the thinking and reasoning power of the student; · to develop scientific awareness among the students about methods and criteria for assessing writing skills. preparation (aids and equipment) 1. spratt, m (1994) english for the teacher, cambridge university press, isbn 0 521 42676 6 spratt. m, pulverness, a, williams, m. (2005) the tkt course, cambridge university press, isbn 978 0 521 60992 …
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into account. for example, you would not evaluate an esl student’s writing the same way you would if they were a native english speaker. consider such factors as: the writer’s age and developmental level. their educational background and experience. their familiarity with the language in which they will be writing. target your evaluation to the writer’s experience level. you will need to adjust your expectations depending on the writer’s background. keeping in mind their age, experience level, and language proficiency, design a test that is appropriate for the individual. for example, if you’re evaluating an esl writer’s skills, you may wish to focus mainly on linguistic accuracy (e.g., correct use of grammar, syntax, word forms, and vocabulary). if you are evaluating the writing of children, keep their age and grade level in mind. for professional and academic writing, basic technical proficiency may be less of a concern than style, content, …
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be helping them work on a specific skill. determine your assessment criteria. there are many different types of writing skills, so you will need to select a few to focus on. decide exactly which skills you want to evaluate, since this will determine the nature of the assignment and how you evaluate it. for example, you might focus on: the use of proper writing conventions, such as good spelling, grammar, syntax, capitalization, and punctuation. the writer’s mastery of written vocabulary. the clarity and fluency with which the writer presents their arguments. the use of clear and logical structure within the text. create a scoring rubric. a rubric is a way of quantifying whatever it is you are trying to evaluate. this might involve assigning a letter grade based on your overall impression of the work (a holistic rubric) or giving points based on the degree to which the work meets …
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f them as they are completing their assignment. tell them what you will be looking for in as much detail as possible, and invite them to ask questions if they have trouble understanding the assignment. provide both written and verbal instructions to accommodate different learning styles. give them information such as: how much time they have to complete the assignment. approximately how long the text should be (e.g., 5 paragraphs, 10 pages, or 300-500 words).the purpose of the assignment (e.g., to assess their ability to present a persuasive argument). the topic (or range of topics) you would like them to write about. keep re-evaluating throughout the writing process. building writing skills is a process, and so is evaluating those skills. you will get a better idea of the writer’s abilities if you check in and provide feedback at multiple points during the writing process and assess how their writing improves …
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ial for clarity of writing. check the writer’s work to make sure that they. use appropriate punctuation when indicating the use of direct quotations. use proper punctuation to mark the ends of sentences (e.g., periods, question marks, and exclamation points) and clauses (e.g., commas, colons, and semicolons). indicate contractions and possessives with the correct use of apostrophes. examine their capitalization. a skilled writer should know the conventions of capitalization. look over their writing and make sure that they follow such conventions as: capitalizing the first words of sentences. capitalizing proper nouns and adjectives, including personal names, place names, and titles before proper nouns (e.g., governor johnson). using correct capitalization when writing titles of works, such as books or articles. evaluate their grammar. using correct grammar is one of the most complex elements of writing. when looking over the writer’s work, you might look select a handful of grammatical issues to …

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lesson 6. methods and criteria for assessing writing skills course type: practical semester: viii time: 80 minutes number of students: 14-15 lesson outline 1. warm up (use the psychological picture and discuss with students) 10 min 2. activity 1. check up the students’ knowledge of previous material. 15 min 3. activity 2. description 25 min 4. activity 3. working with worksheets. 20 min 5. activity 4. analyzing. 15 min assessing and giving home task. 5 min objectives: to make students confident and present topic in class; to develop the thinking and reasoning power of the student; · to develop scientific awareness among the students about methods and criteria for assessing writing skills. preparation (aids and equipment) 1. spratt, m (1994) …

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