First Attempt at the rest of my Life!

 Giving Feedback for the Sample Students

    This was my first time really having the chance to read essays written by students and give feedback the way I would in the classroom. Every teacher grades papers in different ways so whenever I observed a teacher and they had me grade student's work, essays were never in the mix. I can say that I enjoyed my experience grading these three essays. It was really interesting to see the same prompt go three completely different ways. If I was the teacher for this class, I would also be able to figure out where some problem areas are in my lesson. For example how to write the title of a work in your essay. This was a problem in two of the three essays. It was also helpful to see three different levels of writing. All three students have their own voice and as the teacher it is important to not compare the students to each other but just to listen to the student themselves. 

The Future

    This assignment was really helpful for giving me an insight into what my future nights will look like while I'm teaching. I was able to get through these three essays relatively quick, I think, but completing 20-25 essays would be a completely different story. I am looking forward to the challenge. I printed out the three student essays and gave feedback that way just to practice. I have found that I would rather do it this way then working on the computer. This really helped my workflow and was better for my eyes to not be staring at my screen. This problem would only amplify with 25 essays to work through. 

Student's Work

    I am putting this section here so that as a class we can discuss the work itself and how we graded and read these essays. I gave student #2 the best grade. I thought this was the strongest of the essays. Student #1 I gave the second highest grade to. This essay was probably a low B to a high C for me. I thought it had potential but needed some work, especially in the grammar department. Student #3 I did give the lowest grade to however I thought that it had one of the loudest voices. I was really impressed with how the student wrote passionately about the subject. Once the student learns the formatting and grammar they will grow into a very strong writer.