Formative
Assignment
During second term
I wrote a paragraph on the fall of classical civilizations. I did two drafts of
the paragraph, which I received feedback on. I received feedback from a
classmate and from my teachers who both saw problems with my last piece of
evidence because it did not support my argument. In my later draft I changed
the evidence so that it would fit more smoothly with my paragraph’s main
argument. I have learned from the paragraph that sometimes the evidence that
you have the most on or stood out to you the most, is not always the best
evidence for your paragraph because sometimes you have to dig deeper to find
more supportive evidence. Because of formative assessment I was able to change
and improve my last piece of evidence from traditions to about the farmers and
peasants rebelling.
The formative
assignment helped me get feedback from a student and teacher. The student who
peer edited my paragraph said that I needed to change the tradition evidence
because it did not fit in with the paragraph. She also said that the evidence
supports that economic failure within the society is the cause not the loss of
control, which I was using as my main argument. The formative assignment helped
me improve my writing in the fall of civilization paragraph and allowed me to
learn from my mistakes.
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