What is peer review and how do I do it?

What is peer review and how do I do it?

By Ashley Gibson

What is Peer Review?

Peer Review

Peer review allows you to clarify their own ideas as you explain them to classmates and as they formulate questions about your writing. This is helpful to writers at all skill levels, in all classes, and at all stages of the writing process.

Open Ended

Why do you think peer review is important?

Steps in the writing process

The steps of the writing process are:

1. Prewriting (select a topic, begin research, outline/brainstorm)

2. Writing (rough draft)

3. Revising (a.r.m.s)

4. Editing (c.u.p.s)

5. Publishing​ (turn in)

Multiple Choice

What step(s) in the writing process do you think peer review would happen?

• Prewriting

• Writing

• Revising/Editing

• Publishing

Editing (Conventions)

Capitalization

Usage (Verbs and nouns—does it make sense?)

Punctuation

Spelling

CUPS

Revising (The big picture)

Add words and sentences (be descriptive, capture all ideas).

Remove words and sentences (be concise).

Move words and sentences (sentence fluency, organization).

Substitute words and sentences (word choice, voice).

ARMS

REvising and Editing

Peer Review and Editing

What to Include

Compliments, or things that you liked about the author's writing; suggestions, or specific ideas about the author’s word choice, use

of detail, organization, topic, and clarity; and corrections, or making edits directly on the piece of writing to correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capital letters.

Some text here about the topic of discussion

On paper, use proofreading marks to make suggestions. In Google Docs/Slides, make notes in the​

Make suggestions/Edits

Read their paper, making notes on what parts don't make sense to you. Make note of the things that you liked so you can compliment them later.

Read their paper all at once

How to Peer Review

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Group Peer Review

Last summer I visited my cousin in new york. We visited the Statue a Liberty we ate pretzels. But my favorite part of the trip was walking threw Central Park. I can’t wait to visit again?

Subject | Subject

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Open Ended

What compliments do you have about the paragraph?

Draw

Revise and edit this paragraph.

Corrected paragraph

Last summer I visited my cousin in New York, and it was the best trip of my life. We visited the Statue of Liberty, and we ate pretzels by the river. My favorite part of the trip was walking through Central Park. I can’t wait to visit again!

Subject | Subject

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Multiple Select

When you Peer Review and Edit, what are you looking for?

• ARMS

• CUPS

• Content

• Sentence variation