Writing Without Boundaries ch 6-7 and Best Practices in Writing Assessment ch 13
Yes, teachers feel pressure! I understand the writers believe multi-genre writing will prepare our students for the test but I do not understand how it can work. It all sounds so good- so exciting, intriguing, and interesting. You know something that sounds too good to be true-probably is. Don’t get me wrong- I would love for it to work in my classroom. But the state narrative test is looking for topic, an interesting beginning, the problem, three events with details, a solution, and an ending. All genres do not lead to this end. I am all for preparing our students for “real writing tasks”, but someone must convince our educational decision-makers.
IMPORTANT IDEAS
Writing should be meaningful and intended for an audience. “Embedding writing in subject-matter learning”
“writing as a integral part of the learning process”
“use compositions to guide growth”
what students have learned and how well the communicate it”, analytic rubrics
“writing reveals thinking”
assess product and progress
authentic writing
alternative to teacher talk
content and process
formative and summative evaluation
assessment vs. testing
