1. Sample Feedback
As a Teaching Assistant for ENGL 307:
Writing for the Print and Online Media
(online course)
Spring 2013

2. Here’s an
example of my
feedback on the
first blog post of
the semester.

3. Look how long it is…

4. There’s not a whole
lot of engagement
with the content
and ideas of the
blog post.

5. Authoritative
language simply
“corrects”
problems without
helping students
understand them.

6. These headings
resemble a “score
sheet,” as if I was
grading the posts (I
wasn’t).

7. After feedback from the professor I was assisting, I
decided to alter my approach in the following ways:
• Shorter, more focused responses
• More engagement of the blog posts as a
reader as opposed to an editor
• More genre-specific feedback (for blogs)
• More content-specific feedback
• Grammatical feedback focusing on one issue
at a time
And so…