Papers, Papers, Papers: An English Teacher's Survival Guide

by Carol Jago

You're reading as fast as you can, but the pile of unread essays grows taller and taller. Guilt mounts. Students want to know when their papers will come back. Grading begins consuming all your energy, your weekends, your life. Grading papers is a fact of life, especially in English classrooms, and the paper load is a leading cause of teacher burnout. Fortunately, Carl Jago's here to help, and in Papers, Papers, Papers , she offers you advice honed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325008280
• ISBN13: 9780325008288
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 12

Customer Reviews

Concentrated and specific ideas for grading papers and time management

I will be student teaching next fall and I felt this book would help me prepare. This book provides several concrete ideas with clear examples concerning grading papers. Jago recommends focusing on just a few key grammar and usage errors and to spend more time on a personalized commentary on the content instead. This book helped define my grading priorities as I start to teach. She provides several ideas that I plan to implement next year to budget my time wisely. This is a good read for any future English teacher.

helpful

For a teacher who hasn't much time for useless reading, this was a quick, easy, helpful read to help manage paper grading. I have used much of the advice and it has made life with essays less stressful. It was also encouraging as the author was honest and open about the second thoughts we all have about teaching, wondering whether what we do is all worth it. Yes, it is. Yes, it is. Yes, it is.

Must Read for New English Teachers

Great ideas on how to handle all of the papers. Even includes sample rubrics for different types of essays.

Journeyman English Teacher

As a relatively new teacher of English, I was a bit worried about the paper load I will face when I begin my new position as an AP Comp teacher. Jago writes a very accessible book with lots of really PRACTICAL suggestions. It is a very fast read, and, with the exception of the 'paper-grading' parties she suggest to alleviate the "is'it just me" syndrome, (if we all got together as friends to grade papers - no grading would ever get done!) her ideas are realistic - and better yet, they offer reasonable short-cuts to the teacher without ever compromising the evaluation for the student. Everybody wins!