PeerReviewWorkDay

Todayweareworkinginpartnerstoimproveourpoem.Wearepracticingthe
revisionpartofthewritingprocess.Takeyourpartnerspoemandreadit.Then
gothroughthisworksheettomakehelpfulsuggestionsabouthowyourpartner
canimprovetheirpoem.Thisisserious.Dontactlikeyourpartnerspoemis
perfect.Itisnt.Takethistimetohelpyourclassmatesdotheirbestworkbyreally
pushingthemtomaketheirpoemsbetter.

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Nameofpeerreviewer.

2.
Whatisthetitleyourpartnerspoem?

2.
Whatkindofpoemisit?:afreewritepoem,thumbprintpoem,lettershapepoem,
orIfIwouldyoupoem?

3.
Doesyourpartnerusefigurativelanguagethreetimes?Writethemdown.

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4.
Whatgrammarmistakesdoyouseeinthepoem?Markthemonthepoemand
thenwritewhattheywerehereonthisdocument.

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Whatisthethemeofthepoem?Whatisthemainmessage?

6.

Whatsectionsofthepoemarenotclearorneedtoberewritten?

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Isthepoemtooshort?Doesitreallysayanything?

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Howcouldtheauthorexpandthepoem?

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Isthepoeminitsoriginalformfromthewraparoundactivity?Soifitisthe
thumbprintpoemisittheshapeofthethumbprint?Ifthepoemwasoriginallythe
Zpoemisitnowinthatform?IstheIfIwouldyoupoeminitsoriginalform?

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Whatothersuggestionswouldyoumaketoyourpartner?