This week, we have worked together in groups to discuss and rate five student essays responding to the following prompt:

Writing Situation
Your class has been given the opportunity to design a brand new television show for children. It could be a news show, a talk show, a game show, a cartoon, or any kind of show you want for children.

Directions for Writing
Write a report to be read to your class in which you explain your idea for the new children’s television show. Be sure to include specific details so that your classmates will understand what the new show will be like.

After rating the essays both individually and as a group, students were then able to see what the official raters had scored each essay and read the comments justifying their ratings. The discussions have been *very* interesting!

To see the sample essays and view the raters’ scores and comments, click HERE to view the PowerPoint.

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