FWS Instructor: Take a few minutes to reflect upon your responses to a set of student essays by completing the rubric below.

Self Assessment Rubric for FWS Instructors | Responding to Student Writing

Type of Feedback	No	Somewhat	Yes
Prompt– Does your feedback reflect the directions and learning outcomes identified in the writing assignment/prompt?	No	Somewhat	Yes
Readings – Does your feedback respond to engagement with assigned readings?	No	Somewhat	Yes
Clarity – Is your feedback clear and focused on specific learning outcomes?	No	Somewhat	Yes
Tone – Is your feedback supportive/constructive/accessible?	No	Somewhat	Yes
Range – Do you offer feedback on the following areas?	No	Somewhat	Yes
· Thesis – Does the essay have a clear focal point, argument, and purpose?	No	Somewhat	Yes
· Focus – Does each paragraph serve the essay’s main idea?	No	Somewhat	Yes
· Organization – Is the essay arranged in a logical way and does it move with fluidity?	No	Somewhat	Yes
· Development – Do body paragraphs provide sufficient evidence/support?	No	Somewhat	Yes
· Citation – Does writer reference source material accurately/effectively?	No	Somewhat	Yes
· Style – Does the writer address audience appropriately?	No	Somewhat	Yes
· Correctness – Can writer use language with fluency and precision?	No	Somewhat	Yes
· Diction – Does writer reach for new and/or disciplinary terminology?	No	Somewhat	Yes
· Sentence Structure – Do you see evidence of syntactical maturity? Can writer manage complex sentences that wrestle with complicated ideas?	No	Somewhat	Yes
Specificity – Does your feedback offer concrete ways to resolve challenges?	No	Somewhat	Yes
· Celebrations – Does your feedback identify strengths that the writer can build upon in future writing assignments?	No	Somewhat	Yes
· Revisions – Does your feedback identify failed attempts or oversights that the writer could revise in this writing assignment?	No	Somewhat	Yes
· Learning Goals – Does your feedback identify failed attempts or oversights that the writer can work toward developing in future writing assignments?	No	Somewhat	Yes
· Meta-Discourse – Do your comments provide ways for students to talk about writing that will reach beyond your FWS and into other courses, and professional and civic contexts?	No	Somewhat	Yes

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