Middle school transition-words writing lesson integrating self-assessment, peer feedback, and personal learning goals¶

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Description¶

A middle school lesson vignette in which English learners and native English-speaking students learn to show relationships between ideas by combining sentences with transition words. Students write personal learning goals based on the success criterion, revise drafts with optional partner brainstorming and sentence stems, exchange peer feedback aligned to the success criteria, rate themselves using a rubric, and set a new personal learning goal for the next lesson.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

The teacher designed the lesson after reviewing students' writing drafts from a previous day, which demonstrated that students needed support creating coherence and fluidity in their writing.

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

Middle school English learners at various proficiency levels and native English-speaking peers

Learning Goals¶

Using transition words to show relationships between ideas in writing (time order, place, compare and contrast, cause and effect, importance)

Claims¶

Middle school biotechnology fermented-drinks lesson demonstrating asset-based instruction and divergent formative assessment

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

Barbara Jones, Molly Faulkner-Bond, and Jennifer Blitz. (2024). Accelerate English Learner Success: Students Take Ownership Over Their Learning With Formative Assessment. Region 15 Comprehensive Center at WestEd. https://www.wested.org/

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`type`	`design`
`id`	`middle-school-transition-words-self-assessment-lesson`
`title`	`Middle school transition-words writing lesson integrating self-assessment, peer feedback, and personal learning goals`
`description`	`A middle school lesson vignette in which English learners and native English-speaking students learn to show relationships between ideas by combining sentences with transition words.`
`status`	`review`
`generated`	by `process:settle-candidates` on `2026-10-09`
`trust`	unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
`sources`	1 — `barbara-jones-2024`

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