You're reading as fast as you can, but the pile of unread essays grows taller and taller. Guilt mounts. Students
want to know when their papers will come back. Grading begins consuming all your energy, your weekends, your life.
Grading papers is a fact of life, especially in English classrooms, and the paper load is a leading cause of teacher
burnout. Fortunately, Carl Jago's here to help, and in Papers, Papers, Papers, she offers you advice honed from
thirty-one years in the English classroom and forty-five thousand papers worth of grading. You'll not only get
through stacks of papers, but you'll do so accurately, completely, and with the time you need to give each and
every student in your classes the attention they deserve.
Ever practical and always professional, Jago suggests techniques that can be implemented right away to turn your
mountain of essays into a foothill. She covers every aspect of attentive grading, including:
responding to student drafts
commenting rather than correcting
using scoring guides and rubrics for common expectations
fostering improvement from one paper to the next
effective peer- and self-editing
suggestions for alternatives to essays.
With all this and her Ten Tips for Handling the Paper Load, Carol Jago gives you everything you need to keep
on top of student papers.
Table of Contents
Comment Rather Than Correct
Level 1. Identify Mechanical Errors
Level 2. Rephrase and Revise for Clarity and Style
Level 3. Comment on Content
Using Scoring Guides and Rubrics
Response to Literature Rubric
Persuasive Writing Rubric
Informative Writing Scoring Guide
Leave It to Machines!
A Brief History of Computer Scoring
Classroom Tools for Online Scoring
Educators' Concerns
My Reader Is a Computer
Misery Loves Company
Grading Parties
Large-Scale Scoring Sessions Versus Remote Readings
With Confidence Comes Speed
Peer Assessment and Self-Assessment
Pairing Peers for Guided Response
Self-Assessment Strategies
The Sweet Sixteen
Alternatives to Essays
Expert Group Reports
Research Without the Papers
Responses in Verse
Motivating Students
Lives on the Boundary
Uncommon Sense for Handling the Paper Load
Do Teacher Comments Matter?
Responding to Student Drafts
Fostering Improvement From One Paper to the Next
Husbanding Your Strength
Ten Tips for Handling the Paper Load
The Writing Process Revisited
One Hand for the Ship, One Hand for Yourself
