Need a rubric that will work with any topic? Want a peer-review checklist, too? This UPDATED two-page document includes a complete Research Paper Rubric with an accompanying Peer-Review Checklist. All of the standard attributes of research papers are covered: introduction, thesis statement, paragraph development, conclusion, conventions, critical thinking, formatting, and research elements. I have used this many times in class, and it makes the revision process easier for my students and the gra
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Teach upper elementary students about peer pressure, unhealthy behaviors, and making healthy choices with this engaging 45-minute classroom lesson complete with lesson plans, movement opportunities, group discussions, cooperative learning and think-pair-share opportunities, handouts, and a variety of printable prizes! Printable prizes include: bookmarkspencil toppersa set of tickets to use for a drawing [to give out other tangible prizes, including pencils, erasers, bookmarks, ribbons, and stick
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What is a P.E.P. Talk? P.E.P. talk stands for, “Peer Edited Paragraph Talk.” This is a time for students to do a quick paragraph write, and have a peer response. Students will write daily about different topics, and get immediate peer feedback. While students have a paragraph peer edited, they can discuss what they need to fix, listen to suggestions, and receive compliments about what they are doing well in their writing. Teachers can switch peer editors on a daily or weekly basis, so students c
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Students will use these Editing Task Cards, Set 1, to polish their sentence-writing, paragraph-writing [narrative], and conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. ♥Why you’ll fall in LOVE with this resource!♥ ♥Flexibility in their use -- introduction or review of skills in small groups or partners ♥Students can ALWAYS improve their sentences, whether it is capitalization, punctuation, spelling, or adding details ♥Rigorous practice in attention to de
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Peer-Editing: Best-Ever Protocol
Are you frustrated by how unsuccessful or unproductive peer-editing is in your classroom? Your solution has arrived! This guide holds students accountable for offering specific, constructive feedback with no room to waste time! How does it work? This guide allows students to work in groups to offer focused feedback to their peers. Each student takes turns reading their peers' papers while acting as either a lawyer, surgeon or counselor. The guide clearly details the specific focus each stu
Peer Mediation & Conflict Resolution
Friendship drama got you down?Support students in learning positive conflict resolution through peer mediation. Begin with two lessons for all students with conflict resolution activities. Interested students can apply to join the peer mediator group. In three small group sessions, students will learn more and practice peer mediation skills. Includes tools for the mediation as well! You can see all the details and product in action on the blog. Materials Provided:TimelineClassroom Lesson 1Classr
Writing Peer Conference Conversation Starters
The peer conversation starter cards are designed to be a tool to help guide your students while having peer conferences over their writing. Included are sentence and question stems to notice, ask, suggest, and compliment. Students will grow as writers by communicating respectfully and purposefully with their peers. In order for conversations to be authentic, I suggest modeling how to use the conversation cards with your students. There are 3 sizes included, as well as a black & white version
Classroom Guidance Lesson: Respect/Peer Relationships
This classroom guidance lesson promotes respect among peers. Students identify how you know how someone is feeling and how you know about someone's past experiences to demonstrate how we do not always know why someone feels a particular way. Students then complete an activity called, "If You Looked in My Suitcase..." to promote classroom respect and understanding. Includes lesson plan [objectives, outline with script, materials list, ASCA standards alignment], handout, and objectives assessment
Writing Style Book, Rubric, and Peer Editing for Journalism These are essential tools for the teacher and student in journalism [or any English/writing course]. Style rules are important, yet students often don't take the time to read thick books like the AP Stylebook. In just three pages, I condense the most used and asked style rules for high schoolers. Also included are three extra pages with a News Writing rubric and self- and peer-editing checklists. Written very clearly for students t
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Are you looking for a practical guide to teaching writing workshop?This writing workshop guide is designed as an all-purpose manual for teaching writing workshop with your classes. The 30 pages of how-to’s, handouts, and charts can be used for any kind of writing, from argument to poetry to personal narrative.When you teach with this writing workshop unit, you will:• teach your students the importance of the writing process• feel confident to give your students some freedom in their writing cho
Spring Break Reflection & Peer Interview
This unique spring break reflection writing prompt involves a personal spring break reflection page, an interview recording page that gives students questions to ask one another about their spring break, and finally, a spring break writing page that allows the students to summarize their classmate's spring break experience. This is a great collaborative activity that encourages thoughtful reflection, peer interview skills, and summarizing and synthesizing information in order to write an exposit
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Confidential Peer Evaluation For Group Work, Cooperative Tasks, and Team Assignments Double sided worksheet for your students to fill out to ensure fair grading and contribution. Do you ever wonder what students are thinking while working in a group? I have...all the time. I watch. I observe, but you never truly know the inner-dealings of a group and their task. This worksheet has been around since my start in 2004. I have used it in a drama classroom, Dance, English Language Arts, social stu
Peer Editing Checklist FREEBIE!
Use this Peer Editing Checklist to help your students work in partners to edit their rough drafts! This checklist comes from a fully developed personal writing unit. To access the full set of revising & editing checklists as well as graphic organizers and so much more in the context of a personal narrative writing unit, click the link below! "My Many Memorable Firsts" Common Core Personal Narrative Writing Unit
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Peer Conference Writing Poster Anchor Chart
This writing workshop anchor chart kit comes with pieces to build your own writing peer conference anchor chart and a student-sized printable! IMPORTANT: This anchor chart is NOT EDITABLE and only comes in COLOR. Please take a look at the discounted Writing Workshop Anchor Charts Bundle for access to editable and black/white versions of ALL of the anchor charts. For a preview of how these anchor charts work, try out this Writing Workshop Anchor Chart {Hooks} Freebie!You might also be interested
Peer Editing: Four Guided Workshops
Ready for peer editing success? Getting students to provide each other with truly valuable feedback can be tricky. With these four guiding handouts, you can help students help each other in varied formats throughout the year. Whether you're looking for a quick and easy ten minute feedback session or a deep dive, you'll find it here. You'll find options students can use with every different kind of writing they are doing in your class. What's Inside:Peer Editing: EssayThis is a great sheet to han
Peer Feedback Essay Revision Activity
Do your students struggle to revise their writing or offer meaningful peer-feedback? This revision activity guides students in providing peer feedback through the use of color-coding, checklists, and task cards to improve their essay writing! With a clear outline of "Feedback Do's and Don'ts" and steps to providing feedback, students can successfully collaborate to enhance their literary analysis, research, or explanatory essays.With specific colors representing each line of the essay, both teac
The 4 peer editing checklists are very detailed [for a 3, 4, 5, & 7 paragraph essay] created for the progressing writer. Excellent for mixed or leveled classes to give students individualized instruction. Practical and easy to understand. Students will know what is expected of them and they will have opportunities to reflect on their work. Included in this resource: ✓ How I Use This Resource 3, 4, 5, & 7 Paragraph: ✓ Peer Editing Checklist Half Page ✓ Peer Editing Checklist Ful
This PPT music appreciation lesson, appropriate for grades 3-5, features the classic adventurous story of Peer Gynt and the Troll Mountain King. Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg brings Henrik Ibsen's original play Peer Gynt to life with his musical talents. Children of all ages love to hear this tale and now you can help tell the tale with this wonderful, colorful visual! This PPT file includes a listening map, an instrument play-a-long, a story synopsis, and much more. This lesson is also linked
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This resource can be used for self or peer editing in a Key Stage 2 classroom. The guidelines used for mechanics, structure, grammar, and style have been taken from the Interim Guidelines for End of Key Stage 2 Expectations in England. When I have used these in the classroom, I will place coloured pencils in yellow, green, pink, and blue on tables and have the children mark where specific requirements are missing or needing change on the papers of their peers.I have included additional pages whe
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Need a rubric that will work with any topic? Want a peer-review checklist, too? This UPDATED two-page document includes a complete Research Paper Rubric with an accompanying Peer-Review Checklist. All of the standard attributes of research papers are covered: introduction, thesis statement, paragraph development, conclusion, conventions, critical thinking, formatting, and research elements. I have used this many times in class, and it makes the revision process easier for my students and the gra
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Up, Up, and Away from Bullying is a great way to help students develop social-emotional learning strategies and social skills to help distinguish the difference between bullying versus peer conflict. So, what is bullying? This activity covers what it is, what bullying is not, what is bullying behavior, peer conflict lessons, examples and more. In class, I have noticed that several of my students have struggled with understanding the true intent behind each, as well as having to continually corre
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COMES WITH: Assignment Sheet Peer Editing Sheets [2 different] ***EDITABLE*** I use this essay assignment with my high school students. It asks students to examine similarities between their two summer reading books, which are two memoirs [Chinese Cinderella and A Long Way Gone]. You can use this assignment for ANY two or three texts that share similar themes, moods, tones, characterization, etc. I ask students to choose one overarching topic [theme, mood, tone, etc.] and then to choose TH
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This is a peer editing guide that I use with my students. It is designed to focus students as they look for a thesis, topic sentences, textual support, correct grammar/mechanics, MLA format, developed paragraphs, etc. This is useful with the Common Core as it demands more analytical writing. It is not overly complicated, and it gives student writers good, focused feedback on their work. It can work with shorter essays or longer research papers as well. I have used it with persuasive writing, e
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Students are challenged to include all the essential elements to make their narratives spectacular! This narrative checklist can be used by students to check their own narrative or that of one of their classmates. On this two-page worksheet, students are asked to identify the point of view of the narrator, attention-grabber, dialogue, sentence variety, transitions, figures of speech, and the elements of plot [character, setting/mood, conflict, climax, resolution, and theme]. At the end, stude
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I use this for every writing piece my students do as a simple way to guide them through the editing process and while making sure they stay on task! First they use the left side to edit their own writing. Then students get with a partner and their partner uses the right side to edit their writing. Covers capitals, end of sentence punctuation, commas, quotation marks, transitions, sight words, writing makes sense, and adding details. Each checklist item has an example underneath.
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This NO PREP, digital SEL unit is perfect for back to school. This unit goes over how to resist bullying and gives plenty of opportunities for practice. There are teaching slides, student activity slides, teaching videos, role plays, self-assessments, exit tickets, learning targets, and more. This unit is perfect for small groups, whole group, counselor groups, special education groups, SEL groups, intervention, school social worker groups, school psychology groups, distance learning, independ
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This peer biography could be used at any time of the year. I’ve used this when teaching informative writing, as a getting to know you activity at the beginning of the school year, and when teaching a unit on biographies. Includes both printable pages and digital slides.This resource includes: 8 Questionnaires: Introduction, Home Life, Hobbies & Interests, Besties, Accomplishments, Hopes & Dreams, Fun Facts, Favorites at a GlanceNotes pages to record additional information or to draftBiog
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Looking for engaging peer review activities that teach students to effectively give and receive helpful, specific peer feedback? This bundle includes five peer review strategies – Warm and Cool Feedback, T.A.G., Two Stars and a Wish, Praise Question Polish, and "I Notice, I Like, I Wonder" – that have students use peer review sheets and peer feedback sentence stems to share comments, questions, suggestions to help each other revise and improve their writing. Students take ownership of the collab
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Have you ever found yourself with a goal/objective on an IEP, but then struggle with creating a data sheet that can effectively be used to show progress or mastery?Worry no more! Sped Data Depot can help! Data Collection Sheet: Social Skills – Increase Successful Peer Interactions Given staff support and encouragement during PE, recess, or other socially inclusive setting, TSW increase successful peer interactions as evidenced by approaching peer, making eye contact, greeting peer, and engaging
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Often, you just need a few, key tools to make writing GREAT! We have specifically garnered a few favorite items, and then added some COMPLETELY NEW ONES to help you and YOUR STUDENTS hit the ground running with peer editing. These are useful, re-usable and versatile forms and pages that lay the groundwork for proper editing, discussion and procedure, instill great habits, lower stress, and make YOUR life easier. This is a series of useful pages and handouts the YOU use when you need them, pr
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Groupwork Rubric for Peer Assessment
Having your class work in groups? Help your students evaluate themselves and their peers with this Groupwork Rubric. This easy to use rubric works for groups of 2-4 students. Students will rate their peers on a scale of 1-4 in four different categories, and then answer 3 short questions about their peers' strengths/weaknesses. Great way to gauge how the students worked together and who contributed to what.
These forms are perfect for your Writing Workshop! Students are guided to confer with one another using the Peer conference form. It has explicit directions that help students be independent. In addition, there are two Teacher Conference Response Forms. One response form is general for any time of writing. The other response form is great for personal narrative writing! Keep a stack of Teacher Conference forms on your Writing Workshop Clipboard and away you go, ready to confer with your bu
Peer Feedback Slips
Guide your students' peer feedback with these easy to use feedback slips. Each slip prompts children to say something positive about the work they are assessing and to give a point for improvement. A great tool for introducing and encouraging peer feedback in your classroom. The document is black and white [printer-friendly!] so just print onto colored paper, cut and off you go...
Emergency + Safety Bundle! Drug and Alcohol Education, Covid-19 prevention, personal responsibility, seasonal health, and community safety are among some of the most important topics needing to be covered in our elementary school classes this year. Here you will find: several colorful and fun activities revolving around these topics that are ready to print and pass out! You can buy each of these individually at my store, or save money buying them bundled here together:__________________________
Peer Pressure
Peer pressure is when we are influenced to do something we usually would not do or stopped from doing something we would like to do. In this activity students define positive and negative peer pressure, identify their feelings in given situations and provide suggestions for possible positive actions. Becky McPhee
Art-Brainstorming/Peer Review/Self Evaluation
One of the most challenging aspects of teaching elementary art is keeping a large group of students on task in this exciting environment. I have developed a worksheet that will help the student to recognize the class objectives, brainstorm, plan using thumbnail sketches, evaluate themselves and peers. Personal and peer review is an important part of art and is helpful in classroom management. The students will be required to reflect on his or her progress and also be reviewed by a classmate. Thi
Book Talk Directions, Rubric, and Peer Review
This is designed for middle school students to share a book they have read with the class. The direction sheet is a simple list of what students need to include in their book talk and steps to complete it. I use the rubric to evaluate students as they share their books with the class. The last page is a handout for the student audience so they can give feedback to the presenters. I have students write their name at the top so that I know who gave the feedback but cut each of them apart so the
Susan Glaspell'sTRIFLES**orA Jury of Her PeersA PlayOne-ActCast: 3 male & 2 female 1 Simple Interior Scene Playing Time: 25 - 30 min.The TRIFLES script is written by Pulitzer Prize Winner, Susan Glaspell and the text and stage-business has been revived and edited for 21st Century production by Broadway, Film and Television veteran Michael Blevins.Can be easily produced on a shoe-string budgetExcellent for classroom or full stage productionTAGS: American, 1910's, isolation, women's issues
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Give students the opportunity to peer review with this simple, FSA rubric guide. Students will grade one another based off FSA guidelines. After allocating a cumulative score from 1-10, a short student response/feedback space is provided. Duties as Follow: -Shade in 0,1,2,3,or 4 for the 3 components of Purpose/Focus/Organization. -Shade in 0,1,2,3 or 4 for the 3 components of Elaboration/Details. -Shade in 0,1 or 2 for the 1 component regarding Conventions. Staple to original essays and re
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Getting Middle School Students to actively and appropriately engage in peer conferences can be like herding cats and pulling teeth. However, with easy forms, clear visuals, and helpful guides- your students can work through the feedback process with ease! E.Z. for them, E.Z. for you! This unique assortment of supplemental feedback materials contains handouts, forms [some editable], guides, suggestions, and posters...all relating to peer conferences and peer or teacher feedback. With age appro
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This engaging 7-day Peer Pressure Unit for Saskatchewan Health 5 includes:7 Lesson Plans,Outcomes-Based Rubric,40 Pages of Printables [including article readings], anda 44-Slide PowerPoint Presentation.Lesson Overview:Dealing with Peer Pressure - Activities used: Video Clip [link to video included], Article Reading [included], Response Questions, Give One-Get One Activity, Large Group Share.Types of Peer Pressure - Activities used: K-W-L Chart, Large Group Share, Gallery Walk [Article Readings a
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This “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell 24-page Literature Guide delivers all the text-specific content you need for close reading, analysis, engagement and high-quality essay assignments on this powerful short story. Review and plan easily with plot and character analyses, important quotes, essay topics, and more. Note: This rich text-study resource for teacher and student support does not contain activities, quizzes, or discussion questions. For ready-to-use classroom materials, please co
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Looking for an engaging peer review activity that teaches students to effectively give and receive helpful, specific peer feedback? The "I Notice, I Like, I Wonder" and "I Like, I Wish, I Wonder" peer feedback strategies have students use peer review sheets and peer feedback sentence stems to share observations, give positive comments, pose questions, and offer reflections on areas for revision and improvement. Students take ownership of the collaborative peer review process as they read and res
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Get ready to see students amaze you with their high-quality work as they demonstrate their learning of linear equations and functions. Students will design and create a model of a ski resort, using y = mx + b to construct 2-D and 3-D ski slopes! This project is great for general education classrooms, differentiated groupings, gifted learners, expeditionary learning, cumulative and summative assessments, genius hour, 80/20, passion projects, and so much more! What's best is it reaches all learnin
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EDITABLE Assessment Checklists *Student, Peer, Teacher*
I have created this assessment checklist to support on-going student learning. It provides students the opportunity to self-assess, receive prompt descriptive feedback and rate their learning through emojis rather than letter grades.This package includes:2 editable assessment checklist [student and teacher]1 editable assessment checklist [student, peer & teacher]For more information about my assessment methods, please download my FREE ASSESSMENT GUIDE.
Friendship Zoo - Thinking Though Peer Conflicts
This lesson is focused on teaching students' characteristics of friendly and not friendly behaviors. Students are asked to think about how behaviors make others feel, how others think about the person who is being unfriendly or friendly and then how that person will treat the person who is being kind or unkind. Students are then asked if the relationship can be repaired and if so, how.Lesson Includes:Directions for UseLesson mat templateTwenty-Eight Situation Cards [students will decide if the b
Peer Relationships - Health Bundle
This Health Unit Bundle is the culmination of three powerpoint presentations that cover "Peer Relationships", our Interactive Notebook on the same subject, and our correlating Scavenger Hunt Games . We are offering a 10% savings + any current store sale, when purchasing these resources as a bundle!The powerpoint presentations were made because I needed a visual reference to each lesson within each unit during lecture. Along with new visuals, each slide also contains major terminology and main to
I use this PDF as a practice before our multi-paragraph personal narratives. In this activity, students choose a time in their lives when they have been faced with a choice, though you can use your own prompts/topics. I collect the paragraphs as a formative check to make sure that they understand the organizational structure before moving onto the longer versions of writing. The criteria chart can be used for self- and peer-assessment. This activity is also aligned to 6th and 7th grade Sprin
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Narrative Peer Editing - Round Robin Style
Each round students receive a new peers’ narrative writing. Color code each round. For example – all round one sheets are blue, round two pink and so forth. You can choose to do this two ways; to not move to the next round until every students is finished, or have students move at their own pace, exchanging narratives and sheets as they finish. Read the directions for each part out loud and clarify with the students any questions they have about expectations. Allow roughly 15 minutes per rou
Summer Break Reflection & Peer Interview
This fun and engaging summer break reflection writing prompt involves a personal summer break reflection page, an interview recording page that gives students unique questions to ask one another about their summer break, and finally, a summer break writing page that allows the students to summarize their classmate's summer experience. This is a great collaborative activity that encourages thoughtful reflection, peer interview skills, and summarizing and synthesizing information in order to write
This is a four-step writer's workshop method that will guide student writers through the process of critiquing each other's work. Inspired by Liz Lerman's Critical Response for artistic work, this adds copy editing and is more geared for high school-aged writers just learning to give feedback, edit, and critique. It includes a detailed presentation [google slides, fully editable], as well as a handout for the editor to fill out as they critique their partner's paper. I have done this in my class