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.
My self-assessment | Peer assessment (Name: ) | |
The person I am writing about is… | ||
The characteristic I want to show in this person is… | ||
I have narrowed down my topic to one, single event that shows this person’s characteristics. | ||
I have used plenty of sensory details. | ||
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I have included many specific nouns | List some examples | List some examples |
Each of my paragraphs have only one topic | Para 1 topic _____________________ Para 2 topic _____________________ Para 3 topic _____________________ Para 4 topic _____________________ Para 5 topic _____________________ Para 6 topic _____________________ Para 7 topic _____________________ | Para 1 topic _____________________ Para 2 topic _____________________ Para 3 topic _____________________ Para 4 topic _____________________ Para 5 topic _____________________ Para 6 topic _____________________ Para 7 topic _____________________ |
Things I could do to improve this | ||
Additional sensory details I could include | ||
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Additional, specific nouns I could include | List some examples | List some examples |