Papers, Papers, and Even More Papers: Grading and Commenting Effectively

The article Papers, Papers, Papers gave some interesting insights as how to leave good comments as a teacher. I think it is important to comment on student work to show that well first that you actually read them. But teachers don't have all the time in the world either. I think that Carol Jago makes a great point in this article about spending time on the papers but not over doing it. As a teacher you have enough to worry about and too many corrections on too many papers can make you a little crazy.
 
Especially as Jago says, many teachers are trying to make each and everyone of their students paper's perfect and in the real world it's just not realistic. There are certain grammar errors that should be corrected in a students paper but if you miss one of those mistakes its not the end of the world. Fixing some of those mistakes will still show students that they need to correct it but also not make them feel like their paper is worthless because there are mistakes in it. As teachers we want our students to become automatic at writing with minimal mistakes because it is a skill that they will need out in the real world. No matter where each student is, it is our jobs as teachers to make them better writers. I found this great website that will show some recommendations for how to comment on student work effectively. The way in which we comment is important to, we don't want to hurt any students feelings but we do need to make them better writers because that is what we are here for.