Peer Editing

Learners make an A to Z autobiography and peer edit each other's biographies. In this peer editing lesson plan, students include imagery, details, and write creatively and then edit each other's work.

Support young writers through the peer review process with this easy-to-use form. Offering four prompts that help students to provide meaningful feedback about each others work, this resource would make a nice addition to the writing...

Practice structured peer editing with your fifth and sixth graders. After completing a writing assignment, break your class into pairs and have each person complete this sheet. They list two things they liked about the writing, two...

Peer editing is a big part of the writing process, and this worksheet will really help guide both editor and writer. Class members read brief editing tips and examine examples of helpful and not-so-helpful comments. (Consider projecting...

November is NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month! If your class is participating (or simply doing a narrative writing unit), this peer review activity is part of a larger unit which can be easily found online. Once your writers...

Whether your class is working on a story-writing assignment or a narrative essay, a peer review sheet can be of use. Expose individuals to the writing of others by requiring them to read and comment on another pupil's work. Peer...

Designed as a resource for teachers, this presentation is of value whether you are new to peer editing or are already familiar with this activity. Slides examine varieties of peer-editing techniques, models of peer-editing worksheets and...

N2SIOPSSWTSW anyone? (No 2 Sentences In One Paragraph Should Start with the Same Word.) In addition to checking for sentence variety, editors use colored highlighters to identify different aspects of a peer’s paper. 

Youngsters write and construct their own autobiographies based on The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis. They engage in pre-writing steps, narrative writing, and peer editing. This is the second part of a two-part project...

Are your young writers unsure of what to look for when asked to edit a draft of writing? Direct them to this simple and attractive printable, which uses two acronyms—ARMS (add, remove, move, substitute) and CUPS capitalize, usage,...