1. Focusing QuestionFocusing Question | Mini Lesson | Writer’s Work Time | Lesson SummaryMini LessonWriter’s Work TimeLesson Summary Get Feedback through Peer Review – I/E Objectives: Students will identify aspects of their drafts that need revision by exchanging specific feedback with a peer. Focusing Question: How can you give and get peer feedback that will help improve your writing? Strategy: To improve the written draft by gathering and using specific peer feedback.

2. Focusing QuestionFocusing Question | Mini Lesson | Writer’s Work Time | Lesson SummaryMini LessonWriter’s Work TimeLesson Summary Mini Lesson Writers get feedback from others to help them improve their writing. Feedback is only helpful if it is specific and objective. –Vague is NOT helpful. “Your writing is bad.” –Specific and objective IS helpful. “When you wrote about being in the living room, I could not picture what the room looked like.”

3. Focusing QuestionFocusing Question | Mini Lesson | Writer’s Work Time | Lesson SummaryMini LessonWriter’s Work TimeLesson Summary Writer’s Work Time 1.Read your classmate’s memoir. 2.Provide specific feedback using the Peer Review Guide (Handout 5.4a): –Summarize the writing –Provide a compliment –Ask a question –Find evidence in the writing that matches the rubric criteria –Rate the evidence (thumbs up) –Offer a suggestion. 3.Switch roles. 4.Treat classmates with respect. 5.When you finish peer review, post in the Online Classroom under the Step 5 activity Submit Your Revised Memoir.

4. Focusing QuestionFocusing Question | Mini Lesson | Writer’s Work Time | Lesson SummaryMini LessonWriter’s Work TimeLesson Summary What does it mean to be a good peer reviewer? How did peer feedback help you improve your writing?