Peer Editing Guide

We often become tempted to fix another writer's spelling or to add that little apostrophe where he/she forgot it.  But we can't!  We must let them make their own corrections and learn from even the tiniest mistakes!

Here is the peer editing guide we used in class to read one another's Indelible Moment stories.  I hope it's helpful to readers and writers alike!

Guide for Peer Editing

When reading and commenting on a classmate’s writing, it is important to never make the changes that a writer should see and consider for him/herself.  Use the chart below to write comments that suggest problem areas or errors to the writer.  As an editor, you must never make the changes or corrections for another writer. 

Your comment will say …	… if there is a problem with …	… such as …
PUN	Punctuation	failure to supply or an oversupply of endmarks, commas, apostrophe, quotation marks, or underline
CAP	Capitalization	unwarranted marks or needed ones
FOR	Format	incorrect indentation, line spacing, font style or size, title, or heading
CON	Construction	something wrong with grammatical construction
SEN	Sentence	a run-on, which includes two or more independent clauses, or a fragment, which is missing necessary parts of a sentence (like a subject or a verb)
SP	Spelling	incorrect spelling
IRR	Irrelevant	includes unnecessary information that doesn’t connect to the rest of the text
PAR	Paragraphing	start a new paragraph here
THIN	Content	missing details, or could use additional evidence/support