Personal Narrative peer revision checklist Evaluator’s name: _______________________________ Author’s name: _______________________________________ YES _____ Somewhat __________ No ______ 2. Is the story limited to a particular time? (15 min. - 2hrs.) _____ __________ ______ 3. Does the story have a nontraditional beginning? _____ __________ ______ 4. Does the story have a clear beginning, middle, and end? _____ __________ ______ _____ __________ ______ 6. Does the story include strong visuals and sensory details? _____ __________ ______ 7. Does the story include effective DIALOGUE? _____ __________ ______ 8. Does the story reveal the thoughts/feelings/attitude of the writer? _____ __________ ______ 9. Is the story long enough? _____ __________ ______ 10. Is the story FREE of TABOOS? (except the use of I, we, us, etc.) _____ __________ ______ 1. Does title engage the reader (and hint at the topic and tone)? 5. Does the story end with a logical conclusion that shows why the memory is important/significant? 11. What is your favorite part of this writer’s story and why? __________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12. One or two suggestions for the writer for improving this narrative: __________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. If you answered “no” or “somewhat” to any of the ten questions above, explain some of you reasoning here. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14. Sum up your evaluation in one sentence to the writer that will help him/her with the final revision process. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
