Section 4 Lesson

Evaluate and Improve

Your CER Writing

START

●By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

Lesson Overview

Evaluate and reflect on your own writing.

Provide constructive
feedback to
your peers.

Why Should We Evaluate our Writing?

Writing is iterative - this means improving it takes

multiple steps.

By self-evaluating, you can find gaps or

weaknesses in your argument.

Peer feedback provides a fresh perspective and

helps you see areas for growth.

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of self-evaluation in writing?

• To find areas for improvement.

• To make sure your writing makes sense to others.

• Both A and B

When reviewing your own writing, ask yourself:

Key Steps in Self-Evaluating

Is my claim clear and specific?

Did I use strong, relevant evidence to support my

claim?

Does my reasoning explain why the evidence

supports the claim?

Giving Constructive Feedback

●Focus on improvement, not criticism - offer specific, helpful
suggestions.

●Use the Compliment, Suggestion, Question method:

COMPLIMENT: What did they do well?

EXAMPLE: Your claim was very specific and clearly answered the question.

SUGGEST: What can be improved?

EXAMPLE: Your reasoning did not explain how your evidence supports your

answer.

QUESTION: Ask a question to encourage deeper thinking.

EXAMPLE: How does the fact that plants grew 5 cm higher in sunlight prove that

your claim is correct?

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of quality, actionable feedback?

• Your evidence is wrong.

• Your evidence is good, but can you add more details from the experiment to strengthen your argument?

• I don't understand your response?

Lesson Summary

●Now that you have reviewed Section 1, you should be able to:

Evaluate and Reflect on your own Writing

Give actionable constructive feedback to your peers on their writing.

●In your progress checks, you will practice giving your peers constructive feedback, and revising and improving your own writing.

●Close this lesson and complete the Progress Checks on Schoology.

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Poll

How comfortable do you feel giving quality, actionable feedback?

• Very comfortable

• Somewhat comfortable

• Not at all comfortable