Using the feedback form

So I've almost finished marking the Writing students' first task of a C.V. and this time I'm using M's feedback form. I made some adjustments to it - made it half a page instead of a full page and took out the lines so I can write according to my own style. I think it's a good form to use - it stops me writing too much, but makes me write some general comments, something good about the work, and things they can keep working on. In this section I'm focussing mainly on spelling and language transfer errors. The idea is that the students keep and check each feedback before the next writing task so that they are more aware of their mistakes, particularly the ones that come over from Spanish, and attempt not to make them next time.

I feel it's taking me a long time to write the feedback, but then I always take a long time to write feedback; and actually it keeps me more focussed, which is probably a good thing in the long run.