Answer to Question #349203 in English for Sphesihle Zuma

Question

I look for the mark first and then feel very disappointed when it is low. My teacher always gives

me low marks and writes comments about my work, which makes me very despondent and

sometimes even angry. Sometimes her remarks are unkind and hurt my feelings. Sometimes I

don’t even understand her comments. It really upsets me when she writes really ugly comments

with her red pen.

She

likes to make use of many exclamation marks and often says that I have gone off the topic. She

gives such difficult topics at times, I don’t know what to write if I need to write about “A snow

storm” as I have never seen snow. I also can’t write about “My holiday at the sea” because I have

never been to the sea. Both my grannies passed away when I was young, so what does she expect

me to write about when she gives a topic such as, My grandmother”. Writing really stresses me

out!

What advice would you give to the teacher of this learner regarding the teaching and assessment of

writing? (10)