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Process Writing Task. Continuous Assessment February 11 - March 14. Contents. Introduction Overview of Process Writing Task Weekly Breakdown of Tasks Filing Administrative FAQs Contact information Questions/Comments References. Introduction. What is Process Writing?.
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Process Writing Task Continuous Assessment February 11 - March 14
Contents • Introduction • Overview of Process Writing Task • Weekly Breakdown of Tasks • Filing • Administrative FAQs • Contact information • Questions/Comments • References
What is Process Writing? • An instructional approach to the teaching of writing • Implements structured classroom-based tasks oriented around the natural stages of writing (Seow, 2002) • Prewriting • Drafting • Revising • Editing
Why do Process Writing? • Creates multiple opportunities for provision of feedback in a motivating manner (Tsui & Ng, 2000; Dornyei, 2001; Ferris & Hedgcock, 2005; Ferris, 2011) • Teacher • Peers • Uncoupled from grades (Black & William, 1998) • Each stage of writing is weighted equally
Writer: ________________ ID #: ______________ Date: ________________ Section #: __________
The Prompts • Level-based • Mapped back to course content • Mirror format of Midterm Exam writing prompts • However, minimum word count for the PW task is higher than what we expect of students on the Midterm Exam
Week 5: Peer Feedback Handouts • Levels 3 – 5 (EL 1 – 3) • Levels 6 – 8 (EL 4 – 6)
plastic sleeves(one for every student plus one for yourself to store pertinent handouts & scoresheets)
At the end of this task after inputting marks you will submit everything together and it will be archived for Quality Assurance purposes
Is Teacher 1 or Teacher 2 responsible for this task? • Teacher 1 • Doesn’t this overburden Teacher 1 who is responsible for SL in this class in addition to completing the syllabus? Well… • All teachers will do CA for their first class • This task is curriculum-based meaning that it should address learning outcomes and/or content addressed within the first three units of the Reading & Writing textbooks (i.e. should not detract from the syllabus) • Also, after this task is completed only TWO more class sessions will ever be required for CA (2 in-class quizzes) i.e. CA is not a weekly task after Process Writing is completed • Also, the decision to have Teacher 1 do both SL and CA was for administrative efficiency (one teacher responsible for the marks and attendance of one section)
Do all the drafts have to be done in class? Yes • Why? • To avoid plagiarism, cheating, etc. • To provide class time for students to receive not just written feedback but valuable verbal feedback from teachers and their peers • What do I do with a student who comes very late to class or is entirely absent during one of the PW in-class sessions? • Ask the student to see you during your office hours. At this time brief him/him on the task he/she missed and give him/her the opportunity to do it at home and submit it to you promptly thereafter.
What if Teacher 1 is absent on a Saturday during the PW task schedule? • He/She simply conducts the PW task the following day. In the case of a teacher absent for a prolonged period, a special arrangement will need to be made in order to keep that section more or less on target with the schedule. • Can I award half marks for each of the assessed PW tasks? • No. Except for Week 4 in which the Mind Map and Outline are each worth ½ a mark, all of the other tasks must be given either a 0 or a 1. • What is the policy on the use of laptops to do the drafts? • Require students to handwrite all the drafts. You may have some students who wish to type the Final Draft. If this is so, please have them submit their handwritten Final Draft as per the schedule, mark it, and then let them type it up and re-submit their Final Draft back to you.
Do I have to turn in all of my students’ work at the end of this task or just the Final Draft? • You must submit all stages of students’ work from the planning documents & drafts to the final work (i.e. everything that you collected for each student in his/her plastic sleeve) • Documentation is extremely important for Quality Assurance purposes! • What is the submission deadline for the PW marks? • By March 14th, you should have awarded each student a final score out of 5. • However, you only have to input the marks the following week (either March 18th or March 19th) & then submit the hardcopy of your scoresheet along with the binder by March 20th.
References • Black, P., & William, D. (1998). Inside the Black Box: Raising standards through classroom assessment. Retrieved from http://weaeducation.typepad.co.uk/files/blackbox-1.pdf • Dornyei, Z. (2001). Motivational strategies in the classroom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. • Ferris, D. (2011). Treatment of error: In second language student writing. (2nd edition ed.). Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. • Ferris, D., & Hedgcock, J. S. (2005). Teaching ESL composition: Purpose, process, and practice. (2nd edition ed.). New York: Routledge. • Folse, K. S., Muchmore-Vokoun, A., & Solomon, E. V. (2009). Great Writing 2, Great Paragraphs. (2 ed.). Boston: Heinle & Heinle Pub. • Seow, A. (2002). The writing process and process writing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://3wadshehri.webs.com/Methodology in Language Teaching.pdf • Tsui, A., & Ng, M. (2000). Do secondary L2 writers benefit from peer comments?. Journal of Second Language Writing, 9(2), 140-170. Retrieved from http://www0.hku.hk/curric/amytsui/bk_reviews/docs/Do_Secondary L2_Writers_Benefit_from_Peer_Comments.pdf
