A time-saving short-cut

Introduction

Focusing your commenting energies

Handling grammar

Don't edit writing to learn

Make students responsible for polishing their papers

Think of yourself first as a reader

Use peer editing

Try a time-saving short-cut

Sample policies on grading mechanics v. content

Using a grading sheet

Resource: Sample grading sheets

Resource: Sample grading criteria

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A time-saving short-cut

If you feel compelled to mark grammatical and stylistic flaws, work out a shorthand for yourself and give students a handout explaining your marks. Most teachers can get by with one symbol for a sentence that gets derailed or confused, another for faulty punctuation of all sorts, and a third for inaccurate words (spelling or meaning). Save your time and energy for commenting on substance rather than form.

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Evaluating Writing Assignments

A time-saving short-cut