Feb 23: Peer Editing Notes

Today we had a quiz on TECH THEATER. Make sure to schedule a make up time (before school or lunch) if you missed it.

Notes from today will be graded.

Power Peer Editing
Step-by-Step for Editing Writing in
Theater I

Power Peer Editing
Always remember these lessons:
A good peer editor makes a better self-editor because you learn by correcting other peoples’ work!
Treat your peer’s paper like you’ll be graded on his/her errors and weaknesses.
Power Peer Editing
Step One:
Read your peer’s whole paper aloud. (You can have them read it, but you need to HEAR it.)
This can be very quiet, but the point is to hear whether the words flow or are awkward.
Plug your ears and read aloud to block out other people around you.
Power Peer Editing
Step Two:
Read the first paragraph again, aloud and...
Double check that paragraph has a good:
Hook- make your letter stand out with a catchy hook (the first line should make you want to read more!)
Why (This is the thesis – “I’m writing to you because…”)
Elaboration (detail)
Mark convention errors.
Save time: don’t re-word sentences. Put “awk” by awkward areas and move on.
Don’t fix the spelling- just circle the word and write “sp”
Don’t fix punctuation – just circle it and write “punc”
Power Peer Editing
Step Three & Four:
Read second paragraph (repeat third)
Double check:
Introductory sentence
Elaboration
Concluding sentence
Mark convention errors
Save time: don’t re-word sentences. Put “awk” by awkward areas and move on.
Don’t fix the spelling- just circle the word and write “sp”
Don’t fix punctuation – just circle it and write “punc”



Power Peer Editing
Step Five:
Read conclusion
Double check:
Did the writer include a thank you?
Did the writer restate the “why” (“I wanted to write to you because…”)
Mark convention errors
Save time: don’t re-word sentences. Put “awk” by awkward areas and move on.
Don’t fix the spelling- just circle the word and write “sp”
Don’t fix punctuation – just circle it and write “punc”


Power Peer Editing
Step Six:
Talk to the writer:
Suggest to peer what their greatest area of weakness is: ideas/content, organization, sentence fluency, voice, or word choice.
Suggest what your peer’s greatest weakness on conventions (spelling, grammar, punctuation) is.
On the additional editing paper, write at least ONE positive comment for each paragraph. Positive feedback makes writers happy.
Add “peer edited by: ____________________” at the end of the editing paper. Sign your name!

Do this THREE times, and you’re done!!!