[etni] Fw: composition correcting


----- Original Message ----- From: pnina - pninap@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: composition correcting

Hi everyone,
I am at my wits end with the compositions I am checking. Every time I check compositions I feel like tearing my hair out but I feel that there must be another way of doing things that is less time-consuming for me and more useful for the pupils.

I have an intelligent 5 point yod bet class. Their spoken English is wonderful, but when they put pen to paper, it's an entirely different story.

My main problem when correcting is deciding what to correct without covering the whole task with comments, corrections etc. I sometimes feel that I may as well rewrite the whole task and be done with it. I have tried correcting bloopers with the pupils, rewriting compositions, peer-correcting, etc. etc. There is very gradual improvement with some pupils but nothing that comes close to justifying their efforts and mine.

With the class I'm teaching this year, many who write beautifully, do lousy reading comprehensions and the ones who do extremely well on RCs, write very badly. I can't explain it and I'm at a loss trying to think of a way that will be beneficial to us all.

Any ideas

pnina


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