Peer Editing/Terry Fox

We had a short class today, but many important announcements!

Students are required to bring in their edited narrative to class this coming Tuesday to hand in.  With it, attach your rough draft, your narrative worksheet, and your peer editing worksheet.

So Tuesday = narrative package.
- rough draft
- good copy
- narrative worksheet
- peer editing worksheet

Get someone to peer edit you wrok over the weekend if you didn't bring in your work today.  Make sure to have the person focus on the criteria that is set out on the sheet.

This is super important, so make sure you compile all of the parts.  We will be moving onto a new topic next class :)

Also, the 'three things' slip should be returned to me by Tuesday.  This is important so that we can participate in this activity as a class.

Please copy and paste the following info if you are missing either the narrative worksheet or the peer editing sheet.

Peer Editing Worksheet

Name of Editor:                                                         

Name of Author:                                                        

Believable Criteria

Criteria	Comments
How believable is the narrative?  Write any suggestions as to how the author could make the narrative more believable.
How interesting is the narrative?  Write any suggestions as to how the author could spice up their narrative.
How is the overall quality of the work?  Think about grammar and spelling errors, the form and ordering of the narrative, and the stylistic presence of the piece.

Additional Comments:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Writing a Believable Narrative

Step 1: Think of an instance in your life that is memorable.  It can be a happy event, a sad event, an exciting event, or any other thing that stands out in your memory.  If you can't think of anything, make something up!  Just make sure that you can visualize what happened.

Record what the event is:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Step 2: Share your memorable event with a partner.  Between the two of you, Brainstorm ideas of how you can make your event more exciting.

Brainstorm:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Step 3: Go back to the criteria that you created for believable narratives.  Make sure that your list of alterations (step 2: brainstorm) coincides with your criteria.  Make any necessary adjustments.

Adjusted Brainstorm:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Step 4: Once you've altered the contents of your event, share your story with a new partner.  Have them focus on how believable your story is, and ask them for any input.

Record new partner's input:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Step 5: With all adjustments made and on a separate piece of paper, please write your memorable event.  Make sure to balance making your narrative both exciting and believable.  Once complete, hand in your story and this worksheet.  Minimum 300 words.

See you Tuesday!