Cassettes in the Classroom

The student writes his assigned essay, places it into his folder, places the cassette in the folder, and hands. in all three -theme, cassette, and folder-on the date due. I then put his cassette into my recording machine (supplied by the college) and read his theme, recording my comments as I go along. I first record the student's name and the date the paper was due. This is a safety measure, in case the paper and the cartridge get separated from each other. As I read the paper, I place numbers in the margin which correspond to the number of the comment I will be recording at the time. I still use a red pencil for the sake of visibility. After I have read the paper through and have assigned a grade, I return it with the cartridge, announcing a date for the rewritten version to be handed in.