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  1. How to Grade Essays Faster

    Tip 2: Give Student Choice. Let's say you've been working on a particular skill for a few weeks and have had your students practice using various writing prompts. Instead of feeling forced to provide feedback on every written response, let your students choose their best work for you to grade.

  2. Grading Essays Faster and Easier with These 20 Spectacular Tips

    Besides if you discuss it students can't shove the paper full of comments into a folder unread. Corner Rubric. Put a rubric in the corner of the paper or writing prompt. Yes, put a mini rubric with focused areas of grading in the corner or the bottom of the paper or writing prompt. Keep it simple and thus short.

  3. 6 Ways to Grade College Essays Faster and Easier

    6. Read Aloud Grading. One colleague of mine handled his grading in a very different, personal, and time-efficient way. He had students come to his office and read their papers out loud to him. He read along (on a second copy) and made brief comments as they read. In the end, he gave them a grade and told them a few brief comments.

  4. 12 Smart Ideas To Grade Essays Faster

    9. Grade with a Timer. Think efficiency…Identify a maximum time to spend on each essay, say 3-minutes per page, so you don't linger too long on any one paper. To increase your focus, breathe deeply and perform 5-10 squats after completing 3 papers. 10. Grade with a Checklist.

  5. 10 Tips for Grading Essays Quickly and Efficiently

    Your comps list can be a great starting point. 5) Make a Grading Conversion Chart. In general, most assignments require three different "grades": a letter grade, a percentage, and a numeric grade (like 7 out of 10). They each have their own purposes, but the odds are you will need to convert between them.

  6. Smart Tricks to Grade Essays Quickly and Efficiently

    Discover smart tricks to grade essays quickly and efficiently without compromising quality. Learn how to develop clear rubrics, prioritize feedback, use comment banks, and leverage technology for a streamlined grading process. Save time while providing valuable feedback to students.

  7. Grading Faster And Smarter

    Skimming is especially important for essays or more complex work, as it will save you time from having to go back and readjust your grading scale. Mark one section or aspect at a time. Marking one section at a time does not only help eliminate bias, it is also much, much faster than grading one paper at a time.

  8. How to Achieve Higher Essay Grades (In Just Ten Minutes)

    7 steps to higher essay grades using your tutor feedback. 1. Grab your marked essay and all tutor feedback. 2. Scan your feedback for positive comments from your tutor. Look for things you did RIGHT and note them down as a reminder to continue doing those things. 3.

  9. Tips for grading student essays efficiently and with integrity (opinion)

    Here are a few simple suggestions. Sit on your hands. Read a bit of each essay and get a sense of things before pouncing with the marking pen or comment box. This restraint may keep you out of the trap of overmarking and overwhelming the student. Concision is better in end comments, too.

  10. 6 Tips for Teachers: How to Grade Essays Faster

    Maybe setting one day aside to grade all the papers is best for you. Maybe working on each little by little is best. Explore different methods to discover which results in the fastest, most efficient way to grade. If you can sit down for a while, the Flowtime technique may suit you. Simply grade until you get tired, and then take a break.

  11. Grading Essays: A Strategy that Reflects Writing as a Process

    As stated previously, I will grade the essay using the rubric and assign it an initial grade out of 100. However, this is not the end of the writing process or grading process. This initial score serves as a motivator for students because it allows students to see how their work is meeting the standards (or not), and it also allows them to ...

  12. HOWTO: 3 Easy Steps to Grading Student Essays

    If the student shows excellent grammar, good organization and a good overall effect, he would score a total of ten points. Divide that by the total criteria, three in this case, and he finishes with a 3.33. which on a four-point scale is a B+. If you use five criteria to evaluate your essays, divide the total points scored by five to determine ...

  13. 5 Tips for Grading Essays Faster While Leaving Better Feedback

    Here are some ways to find the time for verbal feedback: Walk around the room while students are writing and spot check for common mistakes or areas of growth such as ensuring a strong thesis, checking for evidence, or finding frequent grammatical errors. Use one tiny element of an essay as an exit ticket.

  14. Practical Tips for Grading Faster: Keep the Quality & Maintain Your

    Grading essays goes faster when we can focus. Plan ahead to reduce distractions in order to maximize productivity. Instead of grading the entire essay in one sitting, try collecting and grading one paragraph at a time. This works best with students who are motivated to make the corrections you have suggested.

  15. How to Boost Your Grades: 6 Superb Essay Writing Tips

    Checking the marking criteria for your course or school can therefore help you hone your essays. 4. Write Concisely. Less is often more in academic writing, as overly wordy essays can be difficult to follow. Being concise, on the other hand, will boost the clarity of your written work and make your arguments more persuasive. 5.

  16. 4 Tips for Managing Essay Grading

    Creating a document in a word processor of frequently typed feedback. Using shorthand and frequently understood editing marks. Applying a rubric for essay grading. Leaving audio feedback on digital essay submissions instead of text feedback (since many of us can talk more quickly than we can type or write)

  17. The Beginner's Guide to Writing an Essay

    Come up with a thesis. Create an essay outline. Write the introduction. Write the main body, organized into paragraphs. Write the conclusion. Evaluate the overall organization. Revise the content of each paragraph. Proofread your essay or use a Grammar Checker for language errors. Use a plagiarism checker.

  18. How to Write Top-Graded Essays in English

    So many students sit down to write an essay without a plan. They just start writing whatever comes to their mind. However, to write a top-graded essay in English, you must plan and brainstorm before you begin to write. Here are some strategies you can use during the prewriting stage: Freewriting. Looping.

  19. Grading Essays

    One of the drawbacks of essays is that humans do the scoring. First, as noted above, essay grading requires substantially more time and resources to score. Second, the grading process is subjective, to some extent. A third drawback to essay grading is that content, though it may be assessed deeply, e.g., using more depth of knowledge, it is not ...

  20. How to Grade Faster

    Similarly, we can create these cues in our own lives that signal to our brains when it's grading time. Make a cup of tea, listen to a certain CD, go to a certain place in the building. I like to grade in the media center in our school with a cup of tea. Once we signal to our brains that grading is what we are supposed to be doing, it's ...

  21. Ultimate Guide to Writing Your College Essay

    Sample College Essay 2 with Feedback. This content is licensed by Khan Academy and is available for free at www.khanacademy.org. College essays are an important part of your college application and give you the chance to show colleges and universities your personality. This guide will give you tips on how to write an effective college essay.

  22. An Easy Way to Grade Writing Quickly

    A Simple Way to Grade Writing Quickly. Create a checklist of everything you are grading. Your checklist will look similar to a rubric because you will include a list of everything that you want your students to do in the paper. For example, you can have a section for anything you are checking such as content, writing style, mechanics ...

  23. How can I grade essays faster? : r/ELATeachers

    Thesis first. Intro when their thesis is approved and worked on. Topic sentences after intro. Then they can start writing the majority of it when the topic sentences are approved. This chunk is peer reviewed (then I grade their grading or their ability to understand my rubric). Also make a grading reference sheet.

  24. How do I write a college essay fast?

    If you've got to write your college essay fast, don't panic. First, set yourself deadlines: you should spend about 10% of your remaining time on brainstorming, 10% on outlining, 40% writing, 30% revising, and 10% taking breaks in between stages. Second, brainstorm stories and values based on your essay prompt.

  25. Writing Sibling Rivalry for Middle-Grade Readers

    Bestselling author Colleen Oakes shares her process for writing sibling rivalry for middle-grade readers in her newest book. In my newest book, The Second Favorite Daughter's Club, there is a scene where one, treasured and very annoying daughter tackles her rash and jealous younger sister in the middle of a ballet recital.

  26. California's Crazy 'Fast Food' Minimum Wage Takes Effect

    A Burger King franchise will have to pay burger flippers $20 an hour. The corner diner won't. California Gov. Gavin Newsom 's higher minimum wage for fast-food workers takes effect Monday. On ...

  27. How Did Harriet Tubman Contribute To The Abolition Of Slavery

    Harriet Tubman played a role in ending slavery and she was a leader for the slaves and helped other slaves gain freedom. The end of the triangular trade was also a big factor in ending slavery. The factors which abolished slavery in the United States were the end of the triangular trade, Harriet Tubman's leadership and the Civil war.