Each child’s reflection on his/her own piece of writing helps to develop his/her skills of metacognition (reflecting on one’s own learning). A key outcome of each conference is that both the teacher and the child can understand something more about the child’s learning and the next steps that need to be taken in supporting learning. In addition, the individualised nature of the conference means that the teacher can differentiate support appropriate to each child’s abilities and needs. (Assessment in the Primary School Curriculum, Guidelines for School, NCCA, 2007, 25) Appendix 2.b In this template you may choose to add other features to be observed and also to complete the missing criteria/descriptions Rubric: Explanation Writing Learning Objective: To write an explanation, organising and linking ideas logically and using language features, grammar and punctuation accurately Feature I didn’t do well I made a good effort I made a very good effort Purpose The purpose of the It is clear for some Reader is clearly writing is unclear. parts of the writing aware of what is what is being explained. going to be explained. Organisation Ideas are jumbled with Ideas are not always Ideas are logically of Ideas no logical sequence to logical or clearly and the writing. linked. clearly and . effectively linked to show cause and effect Paragraphing No evidence of Some attempt at paragraphing paragraphing Language Excellent use of all features of the language features of explanation writing. Grammar/ Frequent mistakes in Some attempt at proof Mainly error free reading but there are work Punctuation
Each child’s reflection on his/her own piece of writing helps to develop his/her skills of metacognition (reflecting on one’s own learning). A key outcome of each conference is that both the teacher and the child can understand something more about the child’s learning and the next steps that need to be taken in supporting learning. In addition, the individualised nature of the conference means that the teacher can differentiate support appropriate to each child’s abilities and needs. (Assessment in the Primary School Curriculum, Guidelines for School, NCCA, 2007, 25) Appendix 2.b In this template you may choose to add other features to be observed and also to complete the missing criteria/descriptions Rubric: Explanation Writing Learning Objective: To write an explanation, organising and linking ideas logically and using language features, grammar and punctuation accurately Feature I didn’t do well I made a good effort I made a very good effort Purpose The purpose of the writing is unclear. It is clear for some parts of the writing what is being explained. Reader is clearly aware of what is going to be explained. Organisation of Ideas Ideas are jumbled with no logical sequence to the writing. Ideas are not always logical or clearly linked. . Ideas are logically and clearly and effectively linked to show cause and effect Paragraphing No evidence of paragraphing Some attempt at paragraphing Language features Excellent use of all of the language features of explanation writing. Grammar/ Punctuation Frequent mistakes in Some attempt at proof reading but there are Mainly error free work
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