Whole Class Marking Tool (Summary Sheet) DIRT

This resource REALLY cuts down on your marking workload and acts as an effective starter to a lesson once a piece of work/section of work has been marked/reviewed.

Follow this process…

1. Print this resource on A4 paper (or A3 if you’re going to write a lot).

2. ‘Tick and Flick’ mark each piece of work/book for a whole class or particular group of students.

3. As you’re going through, note your comments on the sheet within one of the sections below.

• Praise (What Went Well)
• Misconceptions/Common Errors
• Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar
• Even Better If
• Presentation
• DIRT Activity/Activities

1. Once complete, photocopy a sheet for all students to glue into their books or attach to their work.

2. In the following lesson, students should action the DIRT activity. You should also display this sheet (if scanned in) as a discussion point/starter.

Your marking has been reduced… very effectively too!

TIPS:

• Students LOVE to be named on this sheet, as everyone in the class gets a copy! Name particular students within the relevant sections of the marking tool sheet.
• Don’t use this for EVERY piece of marking you do! This is designed to reduce the marking you do, not obliterate it! Choose when this tool will work well for you and your class.
• Print a bank of these off so they’re easily at hand.