Show students how to go beyond generalities by reinforcing appropriate and effective comments as students offer them in discussion. Encourage them to specify what needs improvement and what works well. After students become familiar with how to respond, they can bring copies of their own drafts to class and, in groups of 3 or 4, respond to each other s writing via the feedback form. The final step is getting students to use the feedback they obtained from the forms. Students submit a cover memo along with their finished writing in which they explain how they revised in response to the reviews they received.
Students fill out a feedback form on their own draft.
Then they compare their self-analysis with the peer feedback they received and make plans for the next round of revisions. Students use the feedback forms as a checklist before turning in their next drafts. You can also use the feedback form for your own responses to student drafts. You may also want to visit our Peer Groups page. Members of the Manoa Writing Program Faculty Board look forward to your suggestions and comments.