Wednesday, November 2, 2011

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

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