Dear Class,
I hope you are having a beautiful Friday. Remember to get everything submitted on time tomorrow, before 11:59 pm.
I posted an announcement about the love letter essays just now--I have graded your work, and I hope you will review my announcement and my personal feedback on your essay in the gradebook.
On To the 5-Hour Dilemma: I have received a few emails from students requesting more specific feedback on the love letters--specifically, justification for missing points-- and I feel torn about it. I want you to understand my dilemma: While I would love to provide extensive feedback on your work (marking passages I love, and identifying trouble spots that need more grammar/punctuation attention--then sending your marked essays back to you) I just cannot. These short assignments are opportunities to demonstrate your writing skills, and I'll award you points according to the rubric. I'll also leave a brief note for you in the comments box for every short essay assignment.
I am expected to grade all of your short assignments within 5 hours each week, which equates to 10 minutes per student essay. Can you see how this is a challenge? I went over that 5-hour limit by several hours this week, and I'll need your understanding as I try to achieve something closer to that expectation.
When you submit your two major essays (the persuasive essay and the personal narrative), I will be very happy to post comments on your essays. I'm actually only supposed to add one extra hour total during the weeks I grade those essays, but I'll do more than that.
So how can you get more substantive feedback? You may submit your work to the Writing Center, and ask for specific feedback. For example, if I suggested that you examine your comma use in your Love Letter, you may ask for help identifying comma concerns in your essay drafts. You may submit your essay to the Writing Center a few times during the week. You may ask for specific help from your peers at Gatherings. You may ask your loved ones for feedback as well.
I promise to be prayerful as I read, grade, and comment on your work. I want to help you succeed, and I'll work to center my feedback on the most important things.
Sincerely,
Sister Bowen
I hope you are having a beautiful Friday. Remember to get everything submitted on time tomorrow, before 11:59 pm.
I posted an announcement about the love letter essays just now--I have graded your work, and I hope you will review my announcement and my personal feedback on your essay in the gradebook.
On To the 5-Hour Dilemma: I have received a few emails from students requesting more specific feedback on the love letters--specifically, justification for missing points-- and I feel torn about it. I want you to understand my dilemma: While I would love to provide extensive feedback on your work (marking passages I love, and identifying trouble spots that need more grammar/punctuation attention--then sending your marked essays back to you) I just cannot. These short assignments are opportunities to demonstrate your writing skills, and I'll award you points according to the rubric. I'll also leave a brief note for you in the comments box for every short essay assignment.
I am expected to grade all of your short assignments within 5 hours each week, which equates to 10 minutes per student essay. Can you see how this is a challenge? I went over that 5-hour limit by several hours this week, and I'll need your understanding as I try to achieve something closer to that expectation.
When you submit your two major essays (the persuasive essay and the personal narrative), I will be very happy to post comments on your essays. I'm actually only supposed to add one extra hour total during the weeks I grade those essays, but I'll do more than that.
So how can you get more substantive feedback? You may submit your work to the Writing Center, and ask for specific feedback. For example, if I suggested that you examine your comma use in your Love Letter, you may ask for help identifying comma concerns in your essay drafts. You may submit your essay to the Writing Center a few times during the week. You may ask for specific help from your peers at Gatherings. You may ask your loved ones for feedback as well.
I promise to be prayerful as I read, grade, and comment on your work. I want to help you succeed, and I'll work to center my feedback on the most important things.
Sincerely,
Sister Bowen
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