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Power Peer EditingStep-by-Step Program

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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.

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Power Peer Editing

• Step One:

– Read your peer’s whole paper aloud.

– 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.

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Power Peer Editing

• Step Two:– Read the first paragraph again, aloud and...

• Double check that paragraph has a good: Hook- make your essay stand out with a catchy hook Thesis statement Elaboration (detail) Establishment of topics discussed

• 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”

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Power Peer Editing

• Step Three- Four-Five.– Read second paragraph (repeat third & fourth)

• 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”

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Power Peer Editing

• Step Six.– Read conclusion

• Double check: Restatement of thesis Detail, anecdote, examples, call to action

• 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”

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Power Peer Editing• Step seven.

– Does the person’s self-evaluation seem true?• 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 is.

– Go back to each paragraph and write a positive comment if you didn’t already. Positive feedback makes writers happy.

Add “peer edited by: ____________________” at the end of the paper

Now you’re a Power Peer Editor!