The first step is to compliment the author of the work. Make that person feel like they did a good job and accomplished a lot. The options are endless when it comes to the amount of compliments you can give. Whatever you say, make sure you say it in a positive light. The second step is to suggest to the author how he/she can improve their writing. This step still needs to be said in a positive light so the author does not take your comments negatively. You also need to be specific when giving the author your suggestions. Don't just tell them they have bad sentence structure; tell them where they can improve the sentence structure and how they can improve it as well.
The last and final step to peer editing is corrections. To make corrections to a peer's work you need to check for grammatical mistakes. Any type of spelling error, incomplete sentences, or missing punctuation would be a grammatical mistake. The main part to remember through out the peer editing process is to stay positive in your commenting. If you stay positive the author will feel as though they have gained a good critique from a peer instead of being put down.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading your post. I think you did a good job of summarizing what you read. Your grammar and punctuation were good as well. I do however think that you could have gone into more detail. I think that you also should have mentioned more of the items we were supposed to look at. I like the picture you put with this post because it emphasizes unity and caring about others feelings which I believe was one of the main points of this peer editing post.
ReplyDeleteYou did a good job explaining positive peer editing. However, the first impression of this post was skewed when I read the very first sentence. The author's name, Paige Ellis, is spelled incorrectly. I also assumed the bold words would be hyperlinks to the original source. Remember to include links in every single blog post.
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