Peer Editing Workshop

Peer Editing Workshop

Directions: Read through your partner’s essay. Only use checkmarks to indicate that your partner included these items in their essay. If they didn’t include the items, leave them blank. Also, as you read, make note of the tasks you need to complete. Some of the tasks require you to mark their essay, while other tasks ask you to write in the boxes. Please make sure to pay close attention.

Revision Checklist: / Tasks you to complete while revising your partner’s paper
Ideas:
_____1. Does your partner identify an issue from one of the six prompts given?
_____2. Do they provide an argument in support or against the issue?
_____3. Do they outline the rest of their paper by including their three reasons in their thesis statement?
_____ 4. Does your partner use an attention grabber or a hook to draw in the reader? / 1. What is the issue that is being argued?
2. Highlight your partner’s thesis statement.
3. What are the three reasons your partner includes to support their argument?
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4. What could your partner do to improve their introduction? Provide two suggestions:
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Organization:
_____5. Does your partner include a topic sentence for each body paragraph?
_____6. Does your partner include a counter argument in the second paragraph?
_____7. Does your partner include a refutation/rebuttal (his or her strongest reason in support of his/her position).
_____ 8. Does your partner use evidence to support his or her three reasons/arguments?
_____ 9. In the conclusion paragraph, does your partner include a summary of his or her main points (topic sentences), restate his/her thesis in a new way (paraphrase), and provide a recommendation or solution to the issue? / 5.Write down one out of your partner’s three topic sentences.
6. Write down your partner’s counter argument. Did they use a sentence starter? If not, provide a possible sentence starter that he/she could use.
1) Counter Argument:
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7. Highlight your partner’s refutation sentence. Did they use a sentence starter? If not, provide a possible sentence starter that he/she could use.
8. Provide two suggestions of evidence that your partner could use to strengthen his/her argument.
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9. For your partner’s conclusion paragraph, circle the summary of his/her main reasons, underline their restatement of the thesis statement, and highlight the recommendation or solution to the issue. **If they are missing any of these three components, please provide them with suggestions for how to include them in their paragraph. 
Voice:
____10. Does your partner use third person throughout the entire essay? / 10. Circle any parts where your partner uses first person (I, me, my, mine, etc.) or second person (you, we, us, etc.). If there are multiple instances, write down one sentence that uses first or second person. Next, include a suggestion for how you could rewrite the sentence without using second person.
Word Choice:
____11. Does your partner use specific nouns and verbs and explain technical terms? / 11. Provide two ways that your partner could improve his or her word choice/usage (i.e. using descriptions, vivid words, details, etc.):
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Sentence Fluency:
___12. Does your partner use some long sentences to express complex thoughts?
___13. Does your partner use short sentences to pick up the pace or deliver an important idea? / 12. Write one example of a long sentence that expresses a complex thought.
1) Long Sentence-
13. Write one example of a short sentence that is used to deliver an important idea.
1) Short Sentence-

Revised by:

Directions: Read your essay after your partners have made their revisions. Complete the following checklist on your own.

Personal Checklist: / Tasks you to complete while revising your own paper.
Punctuation:
____1. Do I use end punctuation after all my sentences?
____2. Do I use commas correctly?
____3. Do I have any run-on sentences? /

Highlight any sentences with incorrect punctuation.
Underline any sentences that do not use commas correctly.
Circle any examples of a run-on sentence in your essay. Make the appropriate correction.

Capitalization:
____4. Do I start all my sentences with capital letters?
____5. Do I capitalize all proper nouns? /

Rewrite any sentences that do not start with a capital letter.
Rewrite any sentences where you forgot to capitalize a proper noun.

Spelling:
____6. Have I spelled all my words correctly?
____7. Have I double-checked the words my spell-checker may have missed? / 6. Write “sp?” next to any words that you might need to correct for spelling. Use the dictionary at your table to correct any misspellings and make sure to rewrite them correctly in your essay.
Grammar:
____ 8. Do I use correct forms of verbs?
____ 9. Do my pronouns agree with their antecedents?
____ 10. Do I use the right words (to, too, two; their, there, they’re)? / 8. Correct any verbs that are not written in past tense.
9. Star any sentences where the pronoun does not agree with the antecedents.
10. Write “wc” next to any words that might need to be edited for word choice.

Writer’s Name: ______Writer’s Initials: ______Date:______