1. Peer Editing
Novel Anaysis

2. Directions: Trade papers with another student.
Carefully consider all of the questions in the following slides and comment on your peer’s paper regarding the answers to the questions.
Offer as many helpful comments as possible.

3. The Introduction
Read the paper and answer the following questions about the introduction:
Does the introduction use the hook, background, thesis format? If not, what format does the writer use? How effective is the introduction? Find the writer’s thesis. How clear is it? How well does it respond to the essay question? Write any suggestions that you have on the writer’s paper.

4. The Body
Look at the body of the writer’s paper. Do the body paragraphs use topic sentences? How well written are they? How well does the writer use evidence and commentary? How clear are the writer’s ideas? Do the body paragraphs stay on topic? How well does the writer cite the book? Does the writer cite all of the material taken from the book? Write any suggestions concerning the body on the writer’s paper.

5. The Conclusion
Look at the writer’s conclusion. Does it restate the thesis in different words? Does it touch on the ideas presented earlier in the paper? How well does it avoid seeming to be another body paragraph? How well developed is it?
Write any comments that you have about the conclusion on the writer’s paper.

6. Additional Areas to Look At
Look at the writer’s paper overall. How well has the writer followed directions? Is the paper at least 2 pages long? Does it use the book as support? How well does it respond to the assignment? How well does the writer use MLA? Check the layout, parenthetical references, and works cited.
Write down any comments about this on the writer’s paper.
Also, edit the writer’s paper. Correct any grammar mistakes that you find.

7. Finishing Up Return the writer’s paper.
Sit with the writer and answer any comments that he or she has.
Look at your own paper. Ask any questions that you have of the person who reviewed your paper.

8. One Last Activity
Reread your own paper and attempt one of the following strategies to see if you can identify any other problems with your paper:
Quietly read your paper aloud. See if what you are saying matches what’s in your essay.
Read your paper backwards. Read the last sentence first and then the one before it. Keep going in this fashion until you get to the first sentence. Did you notice any mistakes that you didn’t see before?