Effective Peer Editing Strategies for Better Writing

Learn the art of peer editing to enhance your writing skills. Discover the importance of staying focused, giving compliments, offering constructive suggestions, and making necessary corrections. Practice these strategies to create impactful written content.

• Peer editing
• Writing skills
• Constructive feedback
• Effective communication
• Editing techniques

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1. Peer Edit

2. Goal By the end of today, you should be able to edit your own writing and the writing of others

3. What is Peer Editing? Making suggestions, comments, compliments, and changes to writing Working with someone your own age

4. 4 Strategies 1. Stay on Task 2. Compliments 3. Suggestions 4. Corrections

5. 1. Stay on Task Focus on your work Only discuss your writing In your narrative . Monitor your time

6. 2. Compliments Start your editing with compliments State what the writer did well: I liked your topic because You used a lot of good details, like I like when you used words like My favorite part was when I liked the way you .

7. 3. Suggestions Give the author specific ideas on how to make their writing better Don t say, It does not make sense. Do say, Try adding details so I can understand. Be Positive in your feedback Don t say, Your words are boring. Do say, Try using terrible instead of bad. Remember: Be Specific. Be Helpful. Be Kind.

8. 3. Possible Suggestions Word Choice: Did the author choose interesting words? Details: Is there a lot of detail (seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, smelling)? Organization: Is the story told in the right order? Can you understand? Sentences: Do they end with proper punctuation? Topic: Does the author stick to the story, or do some things not fit?

9. 4. Corrections Check your paper for: Spelling Mistakes Grammar Mistakes Missing punctuation Incomplete or Run-on Sentences

10. Remember 1.Stay on Task 2.Compliments 3.Suggestions 4.Corrections