Helping Classmates Help Themselves

Mr. Schriver - 2013

Editing is how we check our work. Peer-editing is editing classmates’ work

◦ Peer-editing helps us find problems someone else may not notice in their own writing because they know what they want to say.

◦ Is peer-editing about bashing other’s work? Of course not. It is used to get constructive criticism.

Remember that you are in High School now, and therefore we expect more maturing from you. Bullying, swearing, rude remarks will not be tolerated!

Today, you will be working in groups of THREE to edit your work.◦ Each person will have a role to play (see handouts

on the tables)

Idea Investigator Responsible to check the Thesis and Arguments and make

sure they make sense.

Structure Strategist Does the paper follow a logical order and are paragraphs,

sentences, etc. put together properly.

Grammar Governor Check spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc.

Once you are in your groups and you have your role, you will hand your essay to the person on your left.

You will now have someone else’s essay in front of you. You will have ten minutes to read it over and make corrections with regards to your job – i.e. Grammar Governor will be checking for spelling mistakes (among other things).

After fifteen minutes, you hand the paper to the next person in the group and receive another paper.

...and away we go!

If you have questions, talk to Mr. Ball or Mr. Schriver