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[quote=Anonymous]Agree with PPs that giving solid feedback, especially to developing writers, takes a significant amount of time, and the majority of that time must be carved out from out-of-school hours. I give this sort of thorough feedback after students have collaborated and shared initial ideas via GoogleDocs. It is not counted for a grade, but students do receive, in addition to lots of comments that we discuss during writing conferences in class, a rubric with present levels marked. They use this information to help them revise before they edit for subsumed skills and new skills we cover in class. It is a lengthy process that, when followed through on both ends, yields strong results.

That said, it takes time. However, it's not as though we are not continuing with other skills in class; we just spiral back to the writing once I've been able to get through them all. Two weeks is not unreasonable for this with so many classes (and, you know, families of our own to tend to).[/quote]

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