Through out high school, all of my English classes have done a little bit of peer editing. I think that this is a very helpful activity because the students get a little feedback on their papers from someone a little less intimidating than their teacher. Also, it gives each of the reviewers an opportunity to look at another paper and reflect on what the other person included in their paper that made it stand out. They then can take that information and apply it to their own essay.
Today in class, I believe that my peer editing session went very well. My partner pointed out a few things to me that I might want change to make my paper flow a little more smoothly. I also helped my partner by showing him a couple things he might want to add. The critique sheets were also very helpful. They assisted in pinpointing any problems, if any, in each section of the essay. Overall, I think that the peer editing we did in class will prove to benefit our papers by giving us another eye to catch what ours may have overlooked.
Chapter 10 offered some good advice that helped me when editing my partner’s essay. Like it states in the book I was sure to offer both positive and negative feedback. However, the book indicated that we should use the composition pyramid in figure 10.1 to help us edit and revise an essay. Today I did not follow the guidelines of the pyramid exactly. I tended to look for mistakes in thesis, the issue, organization, and grammar as I went along, rather than looking for the mistakes in one area at a time.
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