Revise and Edit your First Draft

 

The revising and editing stage will be evaluated by the person whose project you help revise. It is important that you do a good job during this assignment. You may help revise more than one person’s speech (limit 2 speeches in addition to the one you are assigned) for extra credit.

 

Name:                                                              Period:                                                            

 

Who was your editor?                                                                                     

 

Writer Grade:

Writer has completed a draft. yes
Draft has a clear introduction. yes
Draft has a clear conclusion. yes
Writer addresses all required topics. yes

 

 

Editor Grade:

My editor pointed out places where I need to elaborate and wrote questions in the margin to help me figure out the kinds of information that will help me do a good job.

 

3

My editor pointed out places where I need to elaborate, but did not ask me any questions to help me figure out how to go about it.

2

My editor said it was good and moved on.

1

 

 

My editor pointed out places where my reasons and details don’t make sense and explained what I needed to do to make them stronger.

3

My editor pointed out places where my reasons and details don’t make sense.

2

My editor said it was good and moved on.

1

 

 

I know that my editor read my project carefully because s/he gave me at least 5 specific ideas that I could use to make it better.

3

I know that my editor read my project but I think s/he may have hurried a little or at least didn’t give it a lot of thought because s/he only gave me two or three ideas that I could use to make it better.

2

I wonder if my editor read my work at all because s/he gave me fewer than two ideas and those weren’t very useful. S/He must have really hurried through it.

1

 

 

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