COD 2022 - D673

Webinar - IGCSE/AS Literature: Using rubrics to assess writing activities

AS Language and Literature teachers, IGCSE Literature teachers, secondary school teachers interested in helping students improve their writing through the use of rubrics

1 sessions, start: 28-Mar

Course detail

Year: 2022
Level: Distance
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: Distance
Facilitator/s: Cecilia Lasa MA
Print course
ESSARP Schools
Free of charge
Exams Schools
ARS 2200.00
Non affiliate
ARS 2200.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 28 March 2022 05:30 pm 07:00 pm

Facilitator/s

Cecilia Lasa

Cecilia Lasa is a Teacher of English (IESLV “Juan R. Fernández”) and a Teacher of Literature (Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA). She holds a Master's Degree in Literatures in Foreign Languages and in Comparative Literatures (UBA) and a Higher Diploma in Research in Humanities (UBA). She has done a Specialisation in Reading, Writing and Education (FLACSO) and in Writing and Literature (Ministerio de Educación). She has worked as a teacher of Literature and of academic reading and writing in Teacher Training Colleges in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires and in Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda. She is currently working as a teacher and researcher in English Literature and American Literature (FFyL, UBA) and conducting her Ph. D research at Instituto de Filología “Amado Alonso” (UBA-CONICET). She is the author of Academic Writing and has edited and co-authored Literatura y formación docente. Proyectos de lectura y de escritura.
AS Language and Literature teachers, IGCSE Literature teachers, secondary school teachers interested in helping students improve their writing through the use of rubrics
- To explore the nature and function of rubrics as part of the writing process.
- To discuss the different variables that intersect in rubrics and their relations: contents, objectives, activities, etc.
- To reflect upon the features of descriptors.
- To study the relation between rubrics and feedback.
- To share examples of rubrics that bridge the gap between external assessment criteria and self-assessment.
- Rubrics as instruments to (self-)assess writing activities.
- Rubrics as instruments to guide the writing process from the beginning till the end.
- Students’ participation in the design of rubrics to assess writing activities.
- The relation between the components of rubrics: contents, objectives, activities, etc.
- The relation between rubrics and feedback and between rubrics and external assessment criteria.
1) Discussion of frequent problems related to the use of rubrics when teaching to write literature-related answers required by international exams 2) Exploration of different types of rubrics: their nature, their functions their similarities and their differences 3) Guided group reflection on answers provided by the participants on the design and use of rubrics in the classroom to guide writing activities
Cambridge International Examinations. Learner Guide IGCSE® Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Russell, Carey. Cambridge IGCSE® and O Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Whitthome, Elizabeth. AS & A Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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