Instructions for Peer Edits
(Source: http://www.readwritethink.org)
NOTE: Peer edits should first be conducted through
your blogs. Writers should post their drafts in their
blogs, and reviewers should post responses as comments
to blog postings. Those postings should then be copied
and pasted into the appropriate places in your Webfolio.
Peer
Editing Review Guidelines
Review the Peer Edit
with Perfection! tutorial.
REMEMBER
Three steps to peer editing:
•Step 1: Compliments
•Step 2: Suggestions
•Step 3: Corrections
Start with compliments. Don't make anything up just
to "be nice." You should be able to find something to compliment in a piece of writing.
Some things to look for may include:
•Word choice
•Organization
•Sentence structure
•Opening and closing sentences
Then move on
to the second step—suggestions:
- Put-downs" are not allowed (You comment on the writing, NOT
the writer).
- Be specific when
giving suggestions. (For example, "The second sentence in
the third paragraph is confusing to me. Maybe you could
break it up into two separate sentences.")
Lastly, make
corrections by checking for spelling, grammar,
and punctuation errors. |