In most schools, students write only at their desks. Take the students outside to write. Move them to the library or to the gymnasium, and let them write there. Each change in locale will bring new writing experiences for students. The purpose of self-evaluation activities is to provide an opportunity for students to reflect on the strengths and weaknesses in a writing piece, before the student gets comment and response from another person.
Teachers can write questions the student can use to prompt self-evaluation.
Self-evaluation activities should lead to revision of draft and should never be graded. If students know that self-evaluations will be graded, then they do them for the teacher, not for themselves. Peer Response Work. When students are trained well on how to give and receive feedback on their writings, they become better speakers, readers, listeners, and writers. Thus, instructional time spent on peer response activities is time well spent.