Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Slice of Life #3 - Ode to Grading


It's interesting when you look back at writing that you completed a year ago. Same time last year, I was sitting at home grading. Tonight, I'm lying in bed, laptop, air-conditioning on nice and comfortable. I am feeling moments of deja vu. 

I'm working g feverishly to complete my grading, as I know that I have a lot of other work to complete as well.  Some two weeks ago, 6A students completed a document based quiz, I have reviewed and graded Part A, but now I have 40 expository paragraphs on the topic "Conflict in the Tibetan / Chinese region'. As I wade through the reading the paragraphs before writing comments, I need a break so this blog post is dedicated to grading .

According to Etymology online, to GRADE, has its humble etymological origins from Latin gradus "step, pace, gait, walk;" figuratively "a step, stage, degree," related to gradi "to walk, step, go,". This makes perfect sense, a grade for an assignment should reflect student growth, steps toward mastery.


Students, stress and strain
Poring over paragraphs
Waiting in anticipation
For the final grade

Teachers, stress and strain
Poring over paragraphs
Comments and feedback flying
Ready to assign a final grade

All too soon
The cycle begins again
Stress and strain
Seemingly never ending


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