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 * What About a Feedback Revolution in the Writing Classroom?**
 * Written by Icy LEE**

The article mentions that a feedback revolution is needed in the writing clasrooms. The writer says that the assessment and giving feedback techniques which are being used are time consuming and not motivating for both the teachers and the students. She says that a revolution is absolutely is required in this issue and she gives the reasons of them very well in the article. According to the article that I read and decided to write a reflection, feedback should focus on teaching rather than just judging and correcting. Students should play a much more active role while given feedback. More time should be given to both the teachers and the students because when the time is very limited students and teachers feel more stressed and may not be productive. In other words, they finish their works just to finish and get rid of them. To estalish a new technique, teachers should get together, discuss and share their current feedback practices and identify the areas that need to be developed. If this change is school-wide, teachers have to get the support of the school leaders and principals. At the same time, they need to inform the parents and tell to the students what is expected from them. In class-wide changes, before giving feedback, teacher should find a good topic for writing. Then s/he should establish the criteria of the writing. These criteria can be turned into rubrics for assessing and given to the students. By this way students can know what is required of them. Teachers should tell the students clearly the writing process such as how many drafts they will write or when they will write the drafts. The most important point is to give enough time, instruction and help to the students. Teachers can make the first draft as peer-evaluation to make the students more active.After feedback teachers should let students act on the feedback received. Students can write reflection on their writings or teacher can conference with the students to inform and help them. Teachers should establish well the balance between the comment and scores because most of the time students do their writings just for the sake of grade. As a student, I know that from myself :) Students generally listen the feedback to raise their grades not to learn something. To avoid this, not to many points should be given to the writing assignments. 4-5 points can be given for a writing assigment. As a whole, I completely agree with the writer and I liked so much the suggestions. Present-day feedback techniques just tense the students. Especially those one which are written by red pens. When you see the paper full of red, you even do not want to look at it at least I feel like that. Instead of these demotivating things, innovations should be done in this issue and all of the suggestions above are absolutely correct. When I become a teacher, I will definetely consider these offers.