This document discusses using "zonal marking," also known as "yellow box marking," as a way to provide feedback to students on their work. Teachers can vary the size of the yellow box depending on the expected length of the student's response. They can also vary the improvement instructions, such as asking students to complete or improve the original task, answer a challenge question, or apply a target to another situation. Teachers are also encouraged to have students use the yellow box to indicate which part of an extended answer they want the teacher to focus on providing detailed feedback for.

1. Sharing Teaching and Learning Ideas
Half Term Four Focus: Assessment
Key Idea: Zonal Marking (Yellow Box Marking)
The yellow box is used to indicate the area students are to use to complete their responses to
your feedback.
Ways you can do this in your classroom:
• Vary the size of the box depending on the development of response you expect to see
• Vary the improvement instructions (complete / improve original task, challenge question,
apply target to another situation)
• Encourage students to use the yellow box on extended answers to indicate the part of
their work they want marked in detail by the teacher (this could follow SA/PA).