1. Focusing QuestionFocusing Question | Mini Lesson | Writer’s Work Time | Lesson SummaryMini LessonWriter’s Work TimeLesson Summary Get Feedback through Peer Review – Beginner Objective: To identify aspects of drafts that need revision by exchanging specific feedback with a peer. Focusing Question: Are your claim and reasons clear and supported by well-organized evidence? 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 editorial. 2.Decide something that you think could be improved. 3.Complete the Peer Review Guide - Beginner (Handout 5.4a): –Summarize the writing –Provide a compliment –Ask a question –Make a suggestion. 4.Switch roles. 5.Remember to treat your classmate with respect. 6.When you finish the peer review, post your work in the Online Classroom under the Step 5 activity Share Your Revised Editorial.

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?