People will say, “Let the students grade them”. Back in the day, you could. In today’s world, You can’t. YOu need to make the papers relevant and necessary. Paperwork for the sake of Paperwork is not the way to go. have some question on the sheets you really want to focus on. Grading papers have a 2 fold reasoning. First, it shows what the kids know, but, second, it shows how well you are getting the material across. Using just a standard bell curve, you want to have it on the high side. If your curve is on the low end, you need to go back over the material. Keep the papers short and sweet. No kid, nor teacher, wants to grade a 7 page homework assignment or for that matter a test. short and sweet. weekly short test beat long test over a chapter every time

You are trying to solve a problem which you yourself created.

First… determine exactly what essays you MUST get from the students inorder to evaluate the students writing ability or what ever you are trying to determine or accomplish.

Second…. determine exactly the length of the essay you need in order to evaluate the contents.

Third… determine if what you have planned above is really necessary for the STUDENTS and not for your needs or the schools needs. Meaning do not include what makes your instruction or subject matter or even your class “look” good. If it’s something you “think” is good… then just eliminate it… because it’s just “I think”.

Fourth… select 50% of what you thought is needed. That way you will be forced to prioritize and select the best ones.

Fifth… only after you have gone through the above process…. schedule them.

Sixth… once scheduled… plan on a “development process” where each student’s work is reviewed at least twice a week. Then nothng will come as a surprise to you. Everything including the grading can be planned. Better yet each essay will have the contents and the qulity you can review easily since it was monitored regularly.

In essense… you are “helping” the students and not “grading” them. That is the best “motivator” as a teacher. And it will be the best thing for the students…. they are now learning….(not struggling).

So if you have a bunch planned…

just go through the above steps and see how much fun it can be…

If it is too much for you as a teacher…. it is much too much for the students and even parents…

You’ve gotten good advice here about cutting down the amount you have to grade, but at some point you still have to do the grading. That seems to be your point.

For me, things got better when I limited the amount of time I spent on each essay. That move required me to focus more and give more valuable feedback. Also, I break it into chunks. I’ll grade for an hour, then I can check my favorite blogs. When I get to a certain point, I’ll walk to the coffee shop.

At some point, though, the only motivator I have is that it has to get done. I don’t like having grading hanging over my head. So I tell my students when they’ll have their papers back, and I get them their papers back at that point.

this can be an effortless one.answer top right here questions and u will c it u’r self: a million. In an afternoon (24 hrs) how a lot time do u spend with books? 2.If the answer is decrease than 8 hrs then what are the different issues that u attempt this’s occupying all u’r time instead of study? 3.y do u favor to get sturdy grades? 4.what is going to u do with the grades?

I know how you feel! I use to be overwhelmed with grading, so I looked at what the students needed to achieve, how many ways could they do that without a mountain of paperwork for me, and would it be useful and effective. I decided that I would not give any assignments that I couldn’t grade within two periods. I gave bonus pts for early completion, and I told students to expect a week turn around for corrections of major projects.( I set aside one weekend a month just for grading, I do have a life!).

If you are a language arts teacher, encourage the students to use alternate methods of completing assignments-bulletting, CD presentations, icons with captions, etc. Not only will this stimulate the students creative juices, you will look forward to seeing who does what.

Finally, pulling several papers randomly, going over them with the class, asking for a critique-“How would you RATE this, explain your rate, is this understandable, what information is needed, what would you add?” DEFINITELY DO NOT GIVE OUT NAMES!!!! The writer will recognize his/her work and you don’t want humiliation, just a faster way to grade.

I hope this helps as you did not give the grade you teach or subject.