Name:  ______________________________  Form:  _____________  

ELA  7  –  Writing   Adapted from ReadWriteThink. 2004 IRA/NCTE. http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/peer-edit-with-perfection-786.html

Hyland’s Three Step Program for Awesome Editing Presentation Companion

1. What is peer editing?

2. What are the three steps in the peer-editing process?

1. _________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________________

3. What is one way that you could start a compliment?

4. What are the guidelines for giving suggestive feedback?

1. Be _________________________________________________________

2. Be _________________________________________________________

3. Be _________________________________________________________

5. What are five areas that you could look at when giving suggestions to others? 1. _________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________________

4. _________________________________________________________

5. _________________________________________________________

6. What are you looking for in the correction step?

  Name:  ______________________________  Form:  _____________  

ELA  7  –  Writing   Adapted from ReadWriteThink. 2004 IRA/NCTE. http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/peer-edit-with-perfection-786.html

7. Read the following paragraph:

We where all over my aunts house when my dog Riley was running around like

crazy. He was chasing me around in circles. all of a suden I look and riley he was in the

pool! swimming in my aunts pool. I couldn’t believe my eyes that the dog was in the pool.

I dashed to the pool and jumpd in and swan over to Riley and pulled him to the steps. He

got out and shook all over us like a sprinkler on a hot day. I was glad riley was o.k. and

that I saved him.

8. Write three compliments for the author of the paragraph.

a) _____________________________________________________________________________

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b) _____________________________________________________________________________

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c) _____________________________________________________________________________

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9. Write three suggestions for the author of the paragraph.

a) _____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

b) _____________________________________________________________________________

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c) _____________________________________________________________________________

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10. Read the paragraph on page 2 again. Circle, underline, or use editing marks to make corrections to the paragraph. Look for spelling, grammar, or punctuation

errors.