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English 101: any ideas on comments and grade explanations?

As a new English comp instructor at a private university, I am in desperate need of essay comments ideas. Having exhausted the “very insightful” and “lacks development” ones, I am wondering what other instructors say on the margins. Also, what, if anything, am I supposed to write at the end of the paper? My highly driven freshpeople requested I do a summary and a grade explanation on top of the many margin comments, and I find writing these summaries extremely time-consuming, because I end up composing a page + essay about an essay. Are there any shortcuts? Please help.

I made a master list of my most common comments and created a short hand for each (i.e. “thesis?” meant “Is this your thesis? Does it accurately predict what your essay is about?” or “proof?” meant “What evidence from the text do you have to support this). I gave the students a list with the abbreviations and what they meant, we went over them in class, and then when they got their papers back they could refer to the list…as for a summary and grade explanation, you need to explain to them that 1) you are the teacher and the way you grade is not up for debate and 2) grading essays is holistic…it is not a math problem where you can take one point off for a dangling participle etc. If they push it, tell them to come in for office hours to discuss their essays in more detail.

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