1.
Name:
______________________________
Form:
_____________
Hyland’s Three Step Program for Awesome Editing
Presentation Companion
1. What is peer editing?
2. What are the three steps in the peer-editing process?
1. _________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________
3. What is one way that you could start a compliment?
4. What are the guidelines for giving suggestive feedback?
1. Be _________________________________________________________
2. Be _________________________________________________________
3. Be _________________________________________________________
5. What are five areas that you could look at when giving suggestions to others?
1. _________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________________
5. _________________________________________________________
6. What are you looking for in the correction step?
ELA
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Adapted from ReadWriteThink. 2004 IRA/NCTE.
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/peer-edit-with-perfection-786.html

2.
Name:
______________________________
Form:
_____________
7. Read the following paragraph:
We where all over my aunts house when my dog Riley was running around like
crazy. He was chasing me around in circles. all of a suden I look and riley he was in the
pool! swimming in my aunts pool. I couldn’t believe my eyes that the dog was in the pool.
I dashed to the pool and jumpd in and swan over to Riley and pulled him to the steps. He
got out and shook all over us like a sprinkler on a hot day. I was glad riley was o.k. and
that I saved him.
8. Write three compliments for the author of the paragraph.
a) _____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
b) _____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
c) _____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
9. Write three suggestions for the author of the paragraph.
a) _____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
b) _____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
c) _____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
10. Read the paragraph on page 2 again. Circle, underline, or use editing marks to
make corrections to the paragraph. Look for spelling, grammar, or punctuation
errors.
ELA
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Writing
Adapted from ReadWriteThink. 2004 IRA/NCTE.
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/peer-edit-with-perfection-786.html