Peer Revision
Writer’s Name:______Reader’s Name:______
DIRECTIONS: CIRCLE YES OR NO ACCORDING TO THE ANSWER TO THE REVISION QUESTION. SIGN YOUR INITIALS ON EACH LINE AFTER YOU CIRCLE YES OR NO.
Introduction Paragraph
- Topic sentence is a statement or question that catches the reader’s interest and makes him or her want to learn more. YES NO ______
- Writer uses two sentences that act as a bridge between the hook and the thesis and explains the topic that will be discussed. YES NO ______
- Writer has a thesis statement that includes the main points that are made in each body paragraph of the essay. YES NEEDS IMPROVEMENT ______
1st Body Paragraph
- Topic sentence restates the 1st point of the thesis. YES NO ______
- Writer gives two examples to support the point. YES NO ______
- Writer elaborates on each example. YES NO ______
- As a reader, you can follow the argument and find it well-supported and convincing. YES NO _____
- Writer does not use “you.” YES NO ______
- Writer’s work is free from awkward, unclear or run-on sentences. YES NO ______
- Writer strives to use vocabulary words and strong verbs. YES NEEDS IMPROVEMENT _____
- Writer strives to use sentence variety (simple, complex, compound) and does so properly. YES NO _____
2nd Body Paragraph
- Topic sentence restates the 2nd point of the thesis. YES NO _____
- Writer gives two examples to support the point. YES NO_____
- Writer elaborates on each example. YES NO_____
- As a reader, you can follow the argument and find it well-supported and convincing. YES NO _____
- Writer does not use “you.” YES NO_____
- Writer’s work is free from awkward, unclear or run-on sentences. YES NO _____
- Writer strives to use vocabulary words and strong verbs. YES NO _____
- Writer strives to use sentence variety (simple, complex, compound) and does so properly. YES NO _____
3rd Body Paragraph
- Topic sentence restates the 3rd point of the thesis. YES NO _____
- Writer gives two examples to support the point. YES NO _____
- Writer elaborates on each example. YES NO _____
- As a reader, you can follow the argument and find it well-supported and convincing. YES NO _____
- Writer does not use “you.” YES NO _____
- Writer’s work is free from awkward, unclear or run-on sentences. YES NO _____
- Writer strives to use vocabulary words and strong verbs. YES NO _____
- Writer strives to use sentence variety (simple, complex, compound) and does so properly. YES NO _____Conclusion
- Paragraph begins with a restated thesis. YES NO _____
- No new arguments or information is listed. YES NO _____
- The conclusion ties together the whole paper. YES NO _____
- The last sentence ends with a bang making the reader think. YES NO _____