1. Getting the most out of your editing time
Peer Editing
Getting the most out of your editing time
Classroom Management: Peer Editing

2. Classroom Management: Peer Editing
What is Peer Editing?
A peer is someone in the same class or age group as you.
Editing is the act of making suggestions and corrections to improve writing.
So, Peer Editing is working together to improve your writing.
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3. Classroom Management: Peer Editing
Why do we peer edit?
By receiving editing you:
Improve the quality of your finished work
Get useful feedback from your readers
By performing editing you:
Practice your correction skills
Reinforce your own knowledge of English writing
Learn from you peers’ writing
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4. Classroom Management: Peer Editing
Nervous?
Some students are nervous about showing their work to their classmates
Follow these steps to make peer editing a positive experience for everyone
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5. Steps for Successful Peer Editing
Compliments
Suggestions
Corrections
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6. Classroom Management: Peer Editing
Step one: Complements
Tell your peer something you like about their work. This can be:
Format
Pictures
Word Choice
Other stuff
Make sure to give a REAL compliment, something specific that you want them to continue to do well.
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7. Classroom Management: Peer Editing
Sample Complements
“Your layout is really eye-catching.”
“I like the graphics that you used.”
“Your topic is very interesting.”
“I enjoyed reading this because…”
“I like they way you use this word.”
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8. Classroom Management: Peer Editing
Step Two: Suggestions
A suggestion is a comment about something your peer could do better.
This does not mean they have done something incorrectly.
While you are giving suggestions, your peer should be taking notes.
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9. Classroom Management: Peer Editing
Step Two: Suggestions
Some things we make suggestions for:
Formats that may be better organized or more appealing.
Better words your peers can use
Ways to make meaning more clear
Other stuff
We do not make suggestions for grammar or form errors
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10. Classroom Management: Peer Editing
Step Two: Suggestions
When you are giving suggestions, try using positive language.
Instead of, “This sentence is boring.”
Try, “I think that you could use a more interesting word here.”
Instead of, “Your design is so ugly.”
Try, “I think that you could add some color here and some graphics to make this more eye-catching.”
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11. Classroom Management: Peer Editing
Remember…
While you are making suggestions, you do not have to write anything on their paper.
While you are getting suggestions from you peer editor, you should be taking notes
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12. Step Three: Corrections
As a peer editor, you make correction when your peer has made an actual error
For corrections, you will actually be making marks on your peer’s paper
Use the editing marks in your booklet for making corrections
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13. Remember to follow the steps:
Compliments
Suggestions
Corrections
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14. Classroom Management: Peer Editing
And most importantly…
Stay Positive!
Classroom Management: Peer Editing