Peer Editing Interactive Checklist
Editing your partner’s personal
narrative about their worst day
ever!
Do you have your partner’s narrative in
front of you?
YES
NO
Great! You are ready to start editing.
Click the forward arrow to continue.
Oops! Go ask your partner for a copy of
their narrative. When you are ready click
the forward arrow.
Can you tell what your partner is
writing about just by looking at their
first paragraph?
Hint: You should make sure you know that their narrative is about their worst
day ever just by looking at the very first paragraph.
YES
NO
Great! Your partner is on the right
track.
Click the forward arrow to continue.
It’s ok, this is why we are editing! Put a
pink mini PostIt Note next to the first
paragraph and write TOPIC on it.
Then click the
forward arrow.
Can you see at least four paragraphs in
your partner’s narrative?
Hint: Look for the indents, there should be four indented paragraphs.
YES
NO
Great! Keep going.
Click the forward arrow to continue.
Oops! Write the number of paragraphs
your partner does have in the upper right
hand corner of the paper. Then write the
number 4 and put a circle around it.
Then click the
forward arrow
to continue.
Does each paragraph have at least
three sentences in it?
YES
NO
Great! Keep going.
Click the forward arrow to continue.
Good catch! Put a star next to paragraphs
that have fewer than two sentences.
Then click on the
forward arrow to
continue.
Use a black marker and underline all
places where you see dialogue (look
for quotation marks) in the narrative.
Do you see at least three places where
there is dialogue?
YES
NO
Excellent. Keep on editing!
Click on the forward arrow to continue.
That’s ok! Use a yellow mini PostIt and
write “Need more dialogue” and put it on
the paper.
Then click the
forward arrow to
continue.
Read this carefully!
•Use a pink highlighter to highlight what happened in the morning in the
narrative.
•Use an orange highlighter to highlight what happened in the afternoon the
narrative.
•Use a blue highlighter to highlight what happened in the evening in the
narrative.
Were you able to highlight something
for each part of the day?
YES
NO
Great! You are almost done with your
peer editing. A few more steps to go!
Click the forward arrow to continue.
Read this carefully:
Take a large green PostIt. Write “morning, afternoon, evening” on it as if you were
making a list. Then put a check mark next to the parts that are missing from the
narrative. Stick this PostIt on the back of the paper.
Click on the
forward arrow to
continue.
Take a classroom glitter pen and circle
all of the different describing words
that you see.
Do you see at least ten different
describing words?
YES
NO
Excellent. You are very close to
finishing your peer edit.
Click on the forward arrow to continue.
Oops, your partner needs more
describing words. Use the glitter pen to
write “more describing words” at the
top.
Click on the
forward arrow to
continue.
Good job with your peer editing. Your
last step is to draw a smiley face on
top of your partner’s paper to show
them what a good job they did.
When you are done, please get your paper back from
your partner and sign up for a teacher conference.