Sample Self-assessment for Developing Writers

Student's Name: _____________________________________ Date: _________________
 
Background Information
  1. For what purposes have you written each composition in your folder (e.g., to tell, inform, entertain)?

     

  2. For what audiences have you written each composition (e.g., classmates, another class, family, yourself)?

     

  3. What formats have you used (e.g., how-to, journal, log, letter, legend, newspaper, poem, report, script, story)?

     

Writing Process

  1. What writing strategies do you use?
    a) Pre-writing:

     

    b) Drafting:

     

    c) Revising:

     

  2. What part of the writing process is most successful for you?

     

  3. What do you need help with?

     

Writing Samples

  1. Which piece of writing pleases you the most?

     

  2. What do you like about your writing?

     

  3. What do you need help with?

     

  4. What do others say about your writing?

     

  5. How have you presented and shared your writing (e.g., read it to the class, sent a letter to someone)?