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Peer Edit with Perfection: Effective Strategies

Grades 3-5 Instructional Lesson Plan: 25 Minutes. Peer Edit with Perfection: Effective Strategies. Student Objectives: (2 – Minutes). Teacher: Review with the whole class that they will: Learn the definition of peer editing. Understand and apply a three-step peer-editing process.

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Peer Edit with Perfection: Effective Strategies

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  1. Grades 3-5 Instructional Lesson Plan: 25 Minutes Peer Edit with Perfection: Effective Strategies

  2. Student Objectives:(2 – Minutes) • Teacher: • Review with the whole class that they will: • Learn the definition of peer editing. • Understand and apply a three-step peer-editing process. • Peer edit samples of other students’ writing in a whole-group, small-group, and individual setting. • Use their knowledge of peer editing to develop a peer-editing assessment tool.

  3. Peer Editing as a Whole Class:(5 – Minutes) • Teacher: Introduce the concept of peer editing to students and define the term (i.e., students work with someone their own age-usually someone in the same class-to help improve, revise and edit a piece of students writing. • Brainstorm the pros and cons of peer editing and record students’ thoughts about the editing and revising process on chart paper. • Instruct the students that they will learn how to peer edit more effectively. • Explain that they will look at some samples of student writing.

  4. Review the Tutourial:(3 – Minutes) • http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson786/tutorial.pps. • Teacher: • starts the power point tutorial and encourage students to take notes on any areas that they might find puzzling. • Read aloud the instructions on the tutorial power point. • Explain that peer tutoring is a three step process and models some examples of each component. • Step 1: Compliments • Step 2: Organization • Step 3: Suggestions

  5. Peer Editing with Perfection Handout:(10 – Minutes) • Teacher: • Allow students to utilize their individual computers to access the Peer Editing with Perfection handout from the link below. • Quickly review with them the three steps to peer editing (compliments, suggestions, and corrections). • Allow students the opportunity to complete the handout as an individual task. • Upon completion of the handout, allow students to work together within small groups to review and discuss their answers. • Teacher moves around the room and observe each group and offer additional guided support as needed. http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson786/worksheet.pdf.

  6. Student Assessment/Reflections:(5 - minutes) • Students: • Review the Peer Edit with Perfection worksheets that were completed during the PowerPoint tutorial. • Assess using the answer key. • Teacher – work with the class to develop a peer-editing checklist for use with future peer editing. The checklist should include all three steps to peer editing.

  7. Lesson Extensions • Teacher: • Have students practice their skills by peer editing their classmates written work. • Implement and instill the peer-editing technique by having students edit their classmates written pieces or other written documents such as newspaper articles on a regular basis.

  8. Resources • Lesson Idea taken from - Read Write Think http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/peer-edit-with-perfection-786.html http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson786/tutorial.ppshttp://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson786/worksheet.pdf http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/peer-edit-with-perfection-786.html

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