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Power Peer Editing. Mrs. H-D’s Step-by-Step Program. Power Peer Editing . Always remember these lessons: A good peer editor makes a better self-editor because you learn by correcting other people’s work! Treat your peer’s paper as if you will be graded on his/her errors and weaknesses.
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Power Peer Editing Mrs. H-D’s Step-by-Step Program
Power Peer Editing • Always remember these lessons: • A good peer editor makes a better self-editor because you learn by correcting other people’s work! • Treat your peer’s paper as if you will be graded on his/her errors and weaknesses.
Power Peer Editing • Step One: • Read your peer’s entire paper for content. • Focus on the story. Do you understand what’s going on? • Focus on the wording. Do the words flow? Does the plot make sense?
Power Peer Editing • Step Two: • Read Entire Paper again, slowly... • Fill out the evaluation sheet as you go. • Mark convention errors. • Put “awk” by awkward areas and move on. • Circle the word and write “sp” • Fix areas that are incorrect with quotation marks • Circle or fix any Egregious Errors (see back of sheet) • Circle or fix any run-on sentences • Point out errors in verb tense- i.e., switching back and forth from past (said) to present (says)
Power Peer Editing • Step Three • Kindly suggest to peer what his/her greatest area of improvement might be: ideas/content, organization, sentence fluency, voice, word choice, mechanics of punctuation, etc. • Step Four • Also be sure that you write a POSITIVE comment if you didn’t already. Positive feedback makes writers happy! Step Five • Return the paper and the completed Peer Edit sheet back to the author. Be willing to explain anything that you marked up.
If You Finish Early… • Exchange papers with another member of your group. This time, don’t worry about a peer edit sheet; just read for content. If you notice any blatant errors unfixed by the previous reader, fix them! • The more feedback you can get/give on each other’s stories, the better! • HAVE FUN! Enjoy the fruit of your peers’ labor.