Blog Post 3

Peer editing is a teaching technique in which students read, and comment on each other's written work. Peer editing is always done between people who are the same age. In the video, What Is Peer Editing?, and the powerpoint Peer Edit With Perfection Tutorial, the authors point out helpful tips to a great peer review. One of the most important ways to peer edit effectively is to follow these three steps:

1. Compliments
2. Suggestions
3. Corrections

When peer editing it is very important to start with the first step, compliments! Tell the author what a good job they have done so far. Staying positive is another great way to have a successful peer edit! The Next step, suggestions, is key to helping your peer improve on their writing. Give suggestions on different word choice, details, and organization. These different things can really help good writing be great. After you make suggestions, you can move on to the third step, which is corrections. This is when you go in and fix everything in your writing. Most corrections go to punctuation, grammar, sentences, topic, and spelling. Make sure you are specific when correcting someone's writing! The most important things to remember are: stay positive, don't bash the author, follow the three steps, and be specific!

The video, Writing Peer Review Top 10 Mistakes, is a humorous way to point out to reviewers what NOT to do. The most important thing you don't wanna do is not care because it will ruin the process. When peer editing, you don't wanna be too picky because a third grader will not be a perfect writer just yet! You also cannot be too social with others around you because you need to give 100% of your time and effort to the peer you are helping. Mean Margaret never ends up helping because her criticism is way too harsh for the classroom, no one would appreciate that. It's important to take your time when editing cause you want to do a thorough job and really be of help to your fellow peer. That's the whole point of peer review.