As an English teacher, I often get asked about all those essays to grade--how do I make time? Peer workshopping! As I introduce skills through twenty-minute mini-lessons, students locate the items within their essays. Then, using a peer workshopping sheet that lists the skills we have worked on (see below), student do read arounds of their essays and rotate them to look for errors and positive points. By the time I read the essays with the students during one-on-one conferences, the essays are pretty good. Grading essays with students allows them to see what I'm looking for, to go over rules for missed skills, and helps them to understand what an "A" essay looks like.
Give it a try, and see if your paperwork load decreases....
Running Peer Workshopping Classroom PowerPoint link:
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Teaching-Writing-Running-a-Peer-Workshopping-Classroom
0330 Narrative Peer
Workshopping
Peer
Reviewer(s): __________________________________
Title of
Paper: ___________________________________
Author:
________________________________________
Remember—revisions
are the author’s choice!
As the
reviewer, I have:
□
Listened
to the author read the piece aloud
□
Highlighted
all end punctuation marks
o
Double
check for question marks and exclamation points.
□
Highlighted
the words needing capitalization
o
Beginning
of each sentence
o
Proper
names, places, brand names, etc…
□
Highlighted
all the transition words
□
Highlighted
any misspelled words—use a dictionary or spell check if needed
□
Checked
for proper formatting: Double Spaced, Times New Roman, Twelve Font
□
Checked
for narrative guidelines
o
Uses
I
o
Uses
chronological/sequential/time order
o
True
story
o
Moral
point/life lesson is _____________________________________________
□
Attached
feedback sheet to rough draft (given to author)
One item I
liked: ________________________________________________________________
One item I
wish the author would add: ______________________________________________
