Students were given a writing assignment today. They are to introduce themselves to me.
Due: September 10
We talked about the writing process a bit today. For the assignment, the students were to include in their handing in:
1. Brainstorming
- how they are thinking about their ideas
2. Outline
I. Introduction
II. ____________
III._____________
IV. Conclusion
3. Rough Copy
4. Good Copy
Please note that I require handwriting for this assignment. The students were told they are to hand in a handwritten copy. We will be doing keyboarding assignments later and they will have lots of practice using the computer. The length is to be 200-400 words.
I will give the students time in class to work on this.
The final copy will be graded as:
Brainstorming/ Outline/ Rough copy: /4
Paragraph and sentence structure of good copy: /4
Neatness of good copy: /4 marks
Grammar/ Spelling of good copy: /4 marks
Overall impressions of good copy: / 4 marks
Total: /20 marks
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
I know that this is the first assignment requiring handwriting, and I know that this will be a stretch for some of the students, however I believe that the students will get used to the handwriting and will become 'second nature' to them.
