OWL. Coming Soon: A new look for our same great content! We're working hard this summer on a redesign of the Purdue OWL. Worry not! Our navigation menu and content will remain largely the same. If you are having trouble locating a specific resource, please visit the search page or the Site Map. The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects. For more information about services for the Purdue University community, including one-to-one consultations, ESL conversation groups and workshops, please visit the Writing Lab site.
Mission The Purdue University Writing Lab and Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) assist clients in their development as writers—no matter what their skill level—with on-campus consultations, online participation, and community engagement. OWL. Digital Photos that will Inspire Writing. Writing Prompts: Digital Photos for Writing each spring, we now host a photo contest and a writing-about-photos contest! They say a picture is worth ten-thousand words. In this digital age, students so easily can capture images digitally. Photos make fantastic writing prompts, but rather than cut up your National Geographics for your writers to pen stories about, encourage your students to take and print digital photos that their fellows students can write about. At WritingFix, we really like the idea of students becoming photographers for the purpose of improving a writer's workshop. We like it so much that we are now sponsoring two annual contests for students and their teachers.
Both contests are based on original photos that would encourage a writer to begin a story or poem and take it through the writing process. Below, you can find the winning photographs from our past contests. Writing Lesson of the Month Network - ...sharing thoughtful, mentor text-inspired lessons your students will love! Grading Tips | Boston University | Center for Excellence & Innovation in Teaching. It is very important to students that assignments are graded fairly and it is very important to instructors to provide feedback that is meaningful to students. Questions to Consider about Grading Will I grade on an absolute (criterion-referenced) standard, on a relative (norm-referenced) standard, on subjective determinations of student learning, on student-teacher contracts, or on some other method of grading?
What are my reasons for choosing the method I will use? What do I consider outstanding performance? How should an average student perform? Some tips on grading an assignment Determine and state the educational objectives of each activity.Prepare students for formal assessments by using activities of a similar challenge level.Consider whether all assignments need to be graded; would a check-plus/minus system work?
Design a Grading Rubric Grading rubrics help to achieve both objectives. To design a grading rubric, consider: More on Rubrics Walvoord, B. Classroom Assessment Techniques. Tips on Teaching Writing.