Peer Review Essay

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Class: English I (9th Grade) Instructor: Kelsey Craig
Topic: First Draft Group Peer Review Date: 25 October 2017

Objectives:
Students will be able to effectively review peer drafts of the assigned essay topic, providing constructive and insightful feedback for their peers.
Students will be able to receive feedback from peers, process this information, and apply it to improve their writing.

Standards:
W9-10.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
W9-10.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
W9-10.5 …show more content…

Reading of third paper. 3 minutes
9. Discussion on third paper. 7 minutes
10. Debriefing. Class will be given a packet with each essay, and asked to provide three comments for each one, being constructive regarding content and structure, rather than simply grammar. Packets will be due at the end of the peer review section of the unit. 7 minutes

Assessment/Evaluation:
For the duration of this activity, students will be evaluated on their participation in classroom discussion. Students will be required to make at least two relevant statements during the class peer review. Students will be assessed on their ability to convey their thoughts in discussion, appropriate/professional behavior in the writing workshop setting, and the relation of their suggestions to the rubric provided with the essay topic.

Lesson Calendar
Monday 10/23 Tuesday 10/24 Wednesday 10/25 Thursday 10/26 Friday …show more content…

Students will be given direct instruction on proper form for academic writing. Students will be introduced to the next stage of the writing process—drafting. For the remainder of class, students will begin drafting essays for the assigned topics. Questions will be addressed as needed. Facilitator will float throughout, making comments, answering questions, and monitoring students. Students will continue to work on first drafts of the assigned essay. Procedure will continue from Monday. First drafts will be submitted to instructor by the beginning of the day on Wednesday. Students will peer review first drafts of the assigned essay in class. Each essay will be presented on the smartboard without identifiers. With the instructor acting as facilitator, students will discuss items in alignment with the ELA common core rubric as they relate to the presented student work (content, mechanics, structure, etc.). Students will provide specific feedback on the peer review worksheet, which, if not finished in class, will be completed for homework (essays will be displayed on the smartboard, as well as given as a hard copy packet. These worksheets will then be taken up, graded for participation, and redistributed to the student whose work it pertains to. Students will continue peer review of first drafts. (See Wednesday) Students will continue peer review of first drafts (See

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