Reviser: _______________________________ Author: _______________________________ LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE Checklist for Peer Revision Content the beginning of your letter? ●Does your partner provide an overall statement of the text’s impact toward Yes No the statement of impact clearly worded and concise? ●Is Yes Somewhat No your clearly inform your audience (the author of the text) of how the book changed ●Does partner’s letter his/her thinking and behavior (as opposed to a summary of the book or a fan letter)? Yes Somewhat No your partner included explanations, examples, and/or anecdotes as needed to thoroughly inform your ●Has audience? Yes Somewhat No On the chart below, circle where you would place the author: 10 8 6 4 2 0 The examples and Everything Everything Everything mentioned You mention ideas The body of your letter explanations that mentioned in your mentioned in your in your statement of in your impact is mostly a show the impact statement of statement of impact is addressed in statement that you summarization of the are personal, impact is addressed impact is addressed your letter. never address in text instead of a detailed, in your letter. in your letter. your letter. reader’s thoughtful, and full Your letter includes response/description of emotion. Your letter includes Your letter includes some of impact, so you sufficient examples sufficient examples examples/explanations don’t have the and explanations to and explanations to to show impact, but examples/explanations show impact. Each show impact. you need one or two you need to show how are detailed and more connections to the text impacted you. interesting. really make a strong case. all of the examples/anecdotes/explanations detailed and well-written about? ●Are Yes Somewhat No If you answered “somewhat” or “no,” please explain, so your partner knows how he/she can improve: the body of your letter include at least two well-written examples of figurative language that ●Does partner’s flow well with the rest of the writing? Yes No your letter refer to at least two specific moments in the text? ●Does partner’s Yes No Organization
Reviser: _______________________________ Author: _______________________________ LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE Checklist for Peer Revision Content ●Does your partner provide an overall statement of the text’s impact toward the beginning of your letter? Yes No ●Is the statement of impact clearly worded and concise? Yes Somewhat No ●Does your partner’s letter clearly inform your audience (the author of the text) of how the book changed his/her thinking and behavior (as opposed to a summary of the book or a fan letter)? Yes Somewhat No ●Has your partner included explanations, examples, and/or anecdotes as needed to thoroughly inform your audience? Yes Somewhat No On the chart below, circle where you would place the author: 10 8 6 4 2 0 The examples and explanations that show the impact are personal, detailed, thoughtful, and full of emotion. Everything mentioned in your statement of impact is addressed in your letter. Your letter includes sufficient examples and explanations to show impact. Each are detailed and interesting. Everything mentioned in your statement of impact is addressed in your letter. Your letter includes sufficient examples and explanations to show impact. Everything mentioned in your statement of impact is addressed in your letter. Your letter includes some examples/explanations to show impact, but you need one or two more connections to really make a strong case. You mention ideas in your impact statement that you never address in your letter. The body of your letter is mostly a summarization of the text instead of a reader’s response/description of impact, so you don’t have the examples/explanations you need to show how the text impacted you. ●Are all of the examples/anecdotes/explanations detailed and well-written about? Yes Somewhat No If you answered “somewhat” or “no,” please explain, so your partner knows how he/she can improve: ●Does the body of your partner’s letter include at least two well-written examples of figurative language that flow well with the rest of the writing? Yes No ●Does your partner’s letter refer to at least two specific moments in the text? Yes No Organization