Day 32- "Stealing, of course, is a crime, and a very impolite thing to do. But like most impolite things, it is excusable under certain circumstances." The Wide Window

Today, my lesson was one I stole from Joe who I did the Hoosier Writing Project with. We did peer review of the seniors essays all based on questioning as a reader and not worrying about grammar correction. I will not post the lesson on here, but if anyone ever reads this and they want it, I'll gladly pass it along. This lesson was by far the most effective peer review I have ever had my students do. They were able to review 6-7 papers, which meant they received feedback from 6-7 people on their papers. I instructed them to use the information and feedback they received to drive their future writing and their revisions of this essay. The activity went very well, and I would say almost all of the students took it seriously and did a great job with it. I was very happy with how smoothly the activity went, and I think I can make some improvements from what I learned from it today and make it even better.