Providing Feedback on Student Writing

One way to provide feedback to students about their writing is to use the Flash Feedback method by Matthew Johnson.

• It focuses on one or two learning objectives

• Don’t focus on grammar or spelling if the learning objective is not about grammar or spelling

• Give feedback on the thinking

• Have students correct and reflect on their work

• Compare their writing over time

• Contrast their writing to a mentor texts

• Wise Interventions

• Something relational- I believe you can do this, I have high expectations for you

• Something positive- something the student said in the writing or
  in class, bravery in sharing their thinking

• Use technology to speed the process

• Control F to find

• Database of common feedback to copy

This video provides even more ideas on how to provide feedback.