Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Grade Report: Weekly Draft Participation

Portfolios will be collected and graded the week of Nov. 3. Students will be asked to submit their single best piece for a major grade, along with their most improved draft for another major grade. Along with students' progress writing during the lab and outside of class, a portfolio then, collects the drafts students are working on during a marking period. Portfolio and writing grades will be averaged with test scores, assessments, and participation credit assignments.

Writing Lab Rubric:
5: Student has shown significant progress with his/her writing, adding many pages of quality writing into their portfolio. Student focused primarily on crafting tips/literary devices discussed in class and can clearly illustrate these terms in their writing. Progress in writing is clearly shown. Student works diligently in the lab with little or no distractions. 
4: Student shows some growth with his/her writing, adding more than 2 pages of quality writing into their portfolio. Student may be beginning to work with literary devices but pieces in the portfolio may have some weaknesses or gaps. Some progress is evident in the portfolio. Student works most of the time in the lab with few distractions. 
3: Student shows little growth with his/her writing, adding 1-2 pages of writing or has not turned in pieces due to them being incomplete. Students may have been absent or missing days in the lab. Little progress in writing is evident in portfolio. Student is often distracted or unable to produce much writing in the lab for a variety of reasons. Student is not writing at home and is retaining little content from the course. 

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About this course!

This course stresses understanding the characteristics & techniques in the literary genres of fiction, poetry, and dramatic writing. This course will continue to build on students’ reading and writing skills begun in previous creative writing classes. Readings and discussions of works by major writers in the field will be examined as inspiration and models of fine writing. This educational blog is designed for the use of the students at the School of the Arts in Rochester, NY.