Answer the Following Questions for Your Partner. Be Honest and Detailed So He Or She Can

Answer the Following Questions for Your Partner. Be Honest and Detailed So He Or She Can

Peer Review

Reader: ______

Writer: ______

Answer the following questions for your partner. Be honest and detailed so he or she can get the help they need to improve their writing. Once you complete it, give it back to the writer so he or she can use the feedback to edit their memoir!

1)What part of the narrative shows you that the writer is trying to tell a story and note just list facts?

2)What part did you enjoy? What part would you keep the same?

3)As a reader, what did you not understand? Were there any parts that were not clear?

4)What would you suggest to the writer to improve his or her memoir?

Peer Review

Reader: ______

Writer: ______

Answer the following questions for your partner. Be honest and detailed so he or she can get the help they need to improve their writing. Once you complete it, give it back to the writer so he or she can use the feedback to edit their memoir!

1)What part of the narrative shows you that the writer is trying to tell a story and not just list facts?

2)What part did you enjoy? What part would you keep the same?

3)As a reader, what did you not understand? Were there any parts that were not clear?

4)What would you suggest to the writer to improve his or her memoir?

Peer Proofreading Checklist - Memoir

Does the writer have a name, date, and class period on their paper?

Does the writer have sentences divided using periods and capital letters?

Are there two times when you can hear, taste, smell, feel, or see what the writer is describing (imagery)?

Does the writer use at least 5 transitions (first, then, finally, etc.)?

Are the paragraphs indented?

Are there any sentences that begin with “but, so, or well?”

Has the writer used dialogue and punctuated it correctly?

Check for spelling errors including homonyms (words that sound similar, but have different spellings)

Does the writer have a creative title?

What was the BEST sentence in the memoir?

______

Peer Proofreading Checklist - Memoir

Does the writer have a name, date, and class period on their paper?

Does the writer have sentences divided using periods and capital letters?

Are there two times when you can hear, taste, smell, feel, or see what the writer is describing (imagery)?

Does the writer use at least 5 transitions (first, then, finally, etc.)?

Are the paragraphs indented?

Are there any sentences that begin with “but, so, or well?”

Has the writer used dialogue and punctuated it correctly?

Check for spelling errors including homonyms (words that sound similar, but have different spellings)

Does the writer have a creative title?

What was the BEST sentence in the memoir?

______