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Flash Feedback [Grades 6-12]: Responding to Student Writing Better and Faster – Without Burning Out

by Matthew Johnson

Student Resources

  1. Distance Learning Companion
  2. Chapter 1
  3. Chapter 2
  4. Chapter 3
  5. Chapter 5

Chapter 1

  • Targeted Writes:
    • Punctuation Write
    • Words, Words, Words Write
    • Comma Write
    • Argumentative Tools Write
  • Common Comments:
    • Comma Splice
    • Issues with sentence length variation
    • Overuse of linking verbs, and specifically “to be”
    • Run-ons and fragments
    • Paraphrasing
    • Transition issues
    • Dull word choice
  • Links:
    • “To Be” Explanation
    • Example of strong use of literary devices: “Snow Fall” by John Branch, New York Times
    • Parallel structure: Excerpt from “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
    • Parallel structure: “The Man in the Van” by Eli Saslow, ESPN.com
    • Avoiding clichés in personal essays: college essays from The New York Times
    • Use of colons, semicolons, and dashes: “Letter From a Region in My Mind” by James Baldwin

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