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Examine your fellow onliner’s writings with a surgical eye. Use the rubric below to help guide your suggestion to make their paper healthier!
Peer Edit with Perfection! Handout
There are three steps to good peer editing:
1. Compliment the author
• What are a few things that you liked about the author’s writing?
2. Make specific suggestions regarding the author’s
• Word choice
• Use of details
• Organization
• Sentence length
• Topic
3. Mark corrections on the writing piece
• Look for spelling, grammar, and punctuation mistakes.
In addition, remember to:
• Stay positive!
• Be specific!
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