[etni] Fw: re: composition correcting


----- Original Message ----- From: "Michele Ben" <benfam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: composition correcting

I do this as well and it works! I type the errors up on a transparency - usually no more than 10 - and then I ask the kids to write the sentences correctly. I always write the entire sentence containing the error. I tell the kids NOT to copy the mistakes, just to try and write the sentences correctly. There are often a few different ways to correct the error and we discuss them. This is not a magical solution but if you do it consistently, you do manage to eradicate many common mistakes.
Michele


Sarah wrote:
What I sometimes do is to write down recurring mistakes or very blatant ones while I'm grading the compositions. I try to take something from each student's work, even
if it is only a bad spelling mistake ! Then I take a big piece of paper and write the mistakes on it. (you can type a page and give one to a table , or write them on the board if you have time while they are doing something else). I head the page "Your mistakes" and tell them that I have made nothing up - usually there are a few hilarious bloopers! Then I ask them to correct the mistakes - it can be done orally or in writing.
Of course, I explain what's wrong if they don't get the correction. Students usually enjoy it and cannot believe that THEY made such mistakes and I believe that they will remember the corrections more than if I had just written them in red on the composition and of course the whole class gets to learn from everyone's mistakes. 

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