Peer Editing Checklist

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1.    Prepare Your Work for Peer Editing.

• Identify the general idea of your work
• Read the paper carefully several times
• Think whether it describes the idea
• Take notes about major topics and paragraphs of the paper
• Rewrite uncertain sentences and remove senseless ones
• Check the text for correctness and appropriateness
• Check and revise grammar errors
• Be sure the paper is formatted and styled as required
• Think who could be the best peer editor or partner for you
• Make a copy of your work and submit it to your peer editor (partner)
• Receive the peer editor’s work for review

2.    Prepare Yourself for Peer Editing.

• Keep all supplies (pencils, pens, notebook, highlighter, clips) handy
• Be ready for long-hour work as good peer editing requires a lot of time
• Gather information about the partner (your peer editor) and his/her paper
• Consider working in a peer editing group if the partner’s paper appears to be large and complicated enough
• Schedule exact date and time when you meet the partner for discussing any details of the paper (if necessary)
• Agree on timeframes for peer editing
• Agree on ways of communication with each other during the peer editing process

3.    Peer Edit the Partner’s Paper.

• Start reading the paper
• Identify the purpose and audience of the paper
• Carefully read the text and think whether it addresses the purpose and is targeted to the audience
• Identify the strengths (e.g. pictures, word choice, writing style, format, others) of the work and then take notes
• Make a list of compliments associated with the strengths and have it ready for submitting to the partner
• Think what words and expressions you will use to express your compliments
• Figure out what could be done to improve the content
• List your improvement suggestions in a clear and unambiguous manner
• Have your comments attached as an apex to the partner’s work
• Identify what corrections could be made to improve the document
• Send your suggestion list to the partner
• Complete peer editing and request the partner for discussion

4.    Discuss the Works.

• Receive your peer edited work with the partner’s suggestions
• Hold a meeting with the partner to discuss each other’ suggestions
• Suggest your corrections to the partner’s work
• Receive the partner’s corrections
• Discuss the corrections
• Appreciate the partner for his/her effort
• Apply proposed corrections to your paper
• Revise the work
• Create the final version of your paper and have it ready for printing

5.    General Tips.

• Be constructive when starting peer editing the partner’s work
• Consider the tone of your comments
• Make specific but practical suggestions
• Remember .....

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