Peer Editing Worksheet

Directions: Please read the author’s paper and answer the questions below honestly.

Name of Author: __________________________________

Title of Paper: ________________________________

Introduction:

1. What was the attention getter in the introductory paragraph?

2. What was the thesis statement?

Body Paragraphs:

1. Were the body paragraphs in the same order as presented in the thesis statement?

2. Did the author present examples from the play which backed-up his/her points about the theme?

3. Give two examples of back-up information that the author used.

4. Did the author use transition sentences from one body paragraph to the other?

Conclusion:

1. Does the conclusion wrap the paper up?

2. Is the thesis statement restated in a different way?

Give two comments that describe what you feel the author did well and two comments about what you believe the author needs to improve upon.