Memoir Assessment
We use this assessment as a first step toward students taking more responsibility for their own writing. It is assignment-specific, but could easily be modified for other assignments. Available as PDF.
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My self-assessment |
Peer assessment (Name: ) |
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The person I am writing about is… |
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The characteristic I want to show in this person is… |
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I have narrowed down my topic to one, single event that shows this person’s characteristics. |
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I have used plenty of sensory details. |
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I have included many specific nouns |
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Each of my paragraphs have only one topic |
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Things I could do to improve this |
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Additional sensory details I could include |
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Additional, specific nouns I could include |
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