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Give students the opportunity to resubmit the assignment showing that they have incorporated the feedback for a higher grade.
I love station rotations with 5 minute teacher talks built in. I give live notes as we read together. And use a single point rubric that allows multiple submissions for improved grades.
Oh my...I’ve felt this way for years! The best system I’ve found was developed by Laura Randazzo. It’s called the “5-Minute Essay” because after you learn the coding system, you can grade each essay in five minutes!
The process also requires students to work through the teacher comments and MAKE CORRECTIONS. This is my favorite part bc students analyze the comments (codes) and rewrite the sentence correctly. You can find the system on Teachers Pay Teachers. I use many resources created by Laura Randazzo. She’s a fantastic teacher! 😁
For essays, I use a number system that I developed. I underline the problem and write the corresponding number. They can redo their work, but they have to look up the number and read what the problem is to make the correction. When they turn in their new essay, they have to turn in their old essay, and I want to see that they have crossed off each of their mistakes and written in the correction so I know they have gone over them. It’s pretty fast, I can give written feedback on good things, with numbers taking care of things to improve. I once had a kid write a whole reflective essay on “The Number 32.” 😁
Years ago, I thought of a solution to this. When an essay was due I would have a student roll a die and whatever number came up, that would be the paragraph I would grade. Or each number could correspond to a different section on the rubric. This would either make them be accountable for writing a solid paper - because they would never know which part would be graded - or, I guess it might make them into gamblers. But I have not done this yet. Glutton for punishment, I guess.
Give them points for reading your feedback and commenting on it.
I’m in a different subject but what if you used stickers or stamps? That way you don’t have to write or type the same thing over and over. Then have them choose 3 things to redo.
Have you tried using Mote? It records your comments rather than writing them.
Maybe the students would be more apt to listen to the comments rather than read them.
I give oral feedback in One-on-One Conferences. I can gauge their understanding & they can ask questions. (I give long-term assignments for test of students to complete while I’m conferencing.)
There is a peer editing tool called floop where you can respond in writing and in voice or have students peer edit.