Every time we teach and do either a formative or summative assessment, we peer or teacher assess.
However, sometimes it is understandbly difficult to create a new set of assessment criteria or success criteria per task - let's face it, there just aren't enough hours in the day or PPA time in the world! So, in an effore to combat this, our Peer Assessment Pack is now available on our TES page. It's a series of five different peer assessment grids: Reading (Comprehension), Reading (Analysis), Essay Writing, Creative Writing (Fiction), Creative Writing (Non-Fiction). It's a simple checklist allowing peers to say yes or no to success criteria as appropriate (just cross out what you don't need!) and then has a summative comment section for What Went Well and Even Better If... Hope they're helpful - every teacher loves a timesaver!
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Stop! Cease and desist! Well, sort of. In stopping pupils and making them reflect, we offer them the opportunity to include more and discard any bad habits. Today, this focuses on punctuation - it's basic but a useful poster or mat to have laminated to remind pupils, at the end of extended writing, to prompt checking and proof-reading. It can be extended to get pupils to give examples of the pictured punctuation before starting writing - in essence, showing you they can before then proving they can (perhaps a stop towards lazy writing!). I should have another mat on capital letters coming soon, but until then...
A second punctuation worksheet, this time on the underestimate hyphens and dashes. A dying art form, but one our stars have to show they can use in sophisticated pieces of writing. It's very similar to the semi-colons and colons worksheet in principle; it has definitions, single sentence examples to try out before a paragraphing activity, all with pupils copying this out in mind - handwriting and punctuation rolled into one! Let me know if you have any other punctuation requests :)
A quick worksheet for learning about colons and semi-colons, containing a definition box, sentence structure practice and finally a whole paragraph exercise. Designed with the idea of pupils copying out information - a useful handwriting practice exercise as well! Hopefully more punctuation sheets to follow - do let me know if you want me to move anything up my priority list! Let me know how you get on using this - I'm aware it's quite text-heavy so comments and suggestions welcomed.
There's nothing better than providing your stars with the tools for self-sufficiency, and that's the aim of this set of resources.
The first worksheet is a series of extracts with no punctuation whatsoever, so pupils must add in and vary the punctuation they use. Higher level pupils should be considering colons, semi-colons and hyphens where possible. The second is aimed at varying punctuation for effect, moving from the basics to the complex - this allows all pupils to reach the level of the higher level pupils on the previous activity whilst reinforcing those punctuation types to the higher level pupils. The third is to do with spicing up vocabulary/imagery choices - pupils are given two extracts with boring vocabulary and asked to make it exciting - perhaps a good choice for after teaching about types of imagery and how to use exaggeration and structure for effect. Finally, pupils are given a text that is majorly over the top in terms of imagery and hyperbole, so they must edit it to see where language choices are appropriately made, and where they need deleting or replacing. And step-by-step, you've created the beginnings of young editors! I've left the examples fairly generic to appeal to all and to allow for maximum editing opportunities - do let me know if you think of other ways to use these with your editors-in-training! As it's a bundle this premium resource is available for a nominal cost on my TES homepage. Enjoy - and please contact before modifying :) A simpler offering tonight perhaps - a punctuation worksheet aimed at checking the basics before asking pupils to start messing with different types of punctuation and sentence structure to consider writing for effect. They're all just made up examples so there's no correct answer - it's up to them! Enjoy and - as per - let me know how you get on!
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