Name: Thrive! NCHE Homeschool Conference
Start: 2025-05-22T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-05-24T23:59:59-05:00
Location: Winston-Salem, NC

Tagged: Writing mentor

This topic has 4 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 7 years, 10 months ago by art.

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June 12, 2017 at 12:52 pm
Paula Spicer
Participant
I write fairly well, but I am not good at grading my kids’ essays. I don’t have a problem picking out topics or teaching so I don’t need a writing program. But am I too hard, not hard enough, biased? I don’t know, grading, it just doesn’t work. Does anyone know of a website or company that will grade essays for you? I’m not big on grades, but it would be nice to have someone else look over the essays.
Thanks,
Paula
June 13, 2017 at 8:17 am
retrofam
Participant
Yes, there are several. I can’t think of the names right now, but I think HSLDA had a link to one. Sometimes they are called a writing mentor.

June 13, 2017 at 8:25 am
Sue
Participant
I don’t personally know of anyone who grades essays (although I’m sure there is), but I have used rubrics to grade essays. Some I have used as is, and others I have tweaked for my use. You can find lots of them online, and that might be helpful. I always gave my kids a copy of the rubric as they got older so they could see which areas needed improvement.
I don’t know the ages of your children, but here are some links to rubrics (or rubric creating) for various ages.
For elementary: https://www.thoughtco.com/writing-rubric-2081370
For middle school: https://www.edutopia.org/rubrics-middle-school-resources
For high school: Essay Writing Rubrics | Ereading Worksheets
June 13, 2017 at 1:55 pm
retrofam
Participant
http://www.phc.edu/writing-mentorship-program
This is the one I was thinking of from Patrick Henry College.
June 13, 2017 at 9:00 pm
art
Participant
Paula,
I do it!
Actually, I do writing critiques for homeschool families. I don’t give grades, because I don’t know the children. I tell them what’s great about their writing and make suggestions about what could be improved (and why). I could work with a parent to decide what grade should be given if that’s what they wanted; it’s just not the thing I usually focus on.
I’d love to be of help to you.
My website is MyWritingCheck.com