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Be the Marker: The Library Writing Contest
Created by Argraide
Updated October 27th, 2026
At a glance
- Staff pick
- Picked by the Argraide team
- Play mode
- 📺 Presenter
- Format
- 🖼️ 2D
- Length
- ⏱ About 20 minutes
- Subject
- ELA
- Grade
- 10
- Curriculum
- Ontario
- Curriculum codes
- C2.7C2.6
About this activity
On one projector, the class is the judging panel of a fictional county library's youth writing contest. For each pair of original first-draft opinion essays by fictional Grade 10 writers, the class commits its own marks on the OSSLT's two scales with a marker's slider and decides which entry is stronger and why, before the panel reveals its marks, reasons and red pen; then the class picks the one revision that would lift the weaker entry most.
What students learn
- Judge a first-draft opinion essay against clear criteria: a clear, consistent opinion, specific supporting details, logical organization and conventions (ENG2D C2.7)
- Compare two drafts and explain which is stronger by weighing both criteria
- Choose the revision that would improve a draft most, instead of polishing surface errors (ENG2D C2.6)
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