English 8 writing unit survey - 2011


A red asterisk (*) indicates required questions.

  1. Reflect on the activities we have done throughout the month of January. Did seeing student writing samples dangling from the ceiling improve your writing*
    a lot
    moderately
    a little
    not at all
    inspired me to try to get a ceiling quote


  1. Reflect on the activities we have done throughout the month of January. Did not getting grades on written work improve your writing*
    a lot
    moderately
    a little
    not at all


  1. Reflect on the activities we have done throughout the month of January. Did daily independent writing practice improve your writing*
    a lot
    moderately
    a little
    not at all


  1. Reflect on the activities we have done throughout the month of January. Did writing paragraphs in groups improve your writing*
    a lot
    moderately
    a little
    not at all


  1. Reflect on the activities we have done throughout the month of January. Did seeing only comments and not grades on your written work improve your writing*
    a lot
    moderately
    a little
    not at all


  1. Reflect on the activities we have done throughout the month of January. Did/would getting peer input on your writing improve your writing*
    a lot
    moderately
    a little
    not at all


  1. Reflect on the activities we have done throughout the month of January. Did the inspirational reading selections improve your writing*
    a lot
    moderately
    a little
    not at all


  1. Reflect on the activities we have done throughout the month of January. Did brainstorming practice topics improve your ability to write to the actual topic*
    a lot
    moderately
    a little
    not at all


  1. Reflect on the activities we have done throughout the month of January. Did creating word charts help your writing on the state assessment *
    a lot
    moderately
    a little
    not at all


  1. Reflect on the activities we have done throughout the month of January. Sometimes I graded your paragraphs. Did getting grades on your work improve your writing
    a lot
    moderately
    a little
    not at all


  1. Is there any comment you would like to make about the state writing preparation unit?


  1. Which writing preparation activity most helped you become a better writer?
    writing on sample topics
    brainstorming topic ideas
    creating word use posters
    writing paragraphs in groups
    writing paragraphs individuallly
    learning to use similes and metaphors
    learning the organizational pattern
    learning to write introductions
    learning to use weasel words for sentence variety
    getting your work on the ceiling
    getting grades on written work
    not getting grades on written work
    getting comments on written work


  1. Which writing preparation activity did not help you become a better writer
    writing on sample topics
    brainstorming topic ideas
    creating word use posters
    writing paragraphs in groups
    writing paragraphs individuallly
    learning to use similes and metaphors
    learning the organizational pattern
    learning to write introductions
    learning to use weasel words for sentence variety
    getting your work on the ceiling
    getting grades on written work
    not getting grades on written work
    getting comments on written work


  1. After completing the state writing preparation unit, how would you rate yourself as a writer?*
    better than before the unit
    the same as before the unit
    worse than before the unit





Mrs. Utecht
Doniphan-Trumbull Junior-Senior High School
Doniphan, NE