Peer editing sheet

                                                                                                COMMENTS

MLA Format correct? (See MLA the Right Way)

• 1” Margins                                             Yes       No
• Heading correct                                       Yes       No
• Right side header ½” from top                    Yes       No       
• Title centered, but not bold or underlined?   Yes       No       
• Typed, double-spaced, 12 point font           Yes       No       
• Hand-written, double spaced?                     Yes       No       

Is the title attention-grabbing?                                Yes       No

• Any suggestions for a better title?   _________________________________________

Introductory paragraph

• Has strong attention-getter                         Yes       No       
• Has appropriate background. Missing anything?________________________________
• Thesis statement is clear, with all 3 parts     Yes       No
• Thesis statement grade:                             Oh!       Duh.     Huh?    

Body paragraphs

• Has 3 body paragraphs, each developing one division of proof

Yes       No       

• Each body paragraph has a clear topic sentence

Yes       No       

• Has three quotes/pieces of evidence in each body paragraph

Yes       No       

• Each quote has an “in-text citation” with author and page # or title if no author

Yes       No

• Each “in-text citation” refers to one full entry on works cited page

Yes       No

• Follows expository paragraph format           Yes       No       
• Has a clincher statement linking the paragraph to the thesis

Yes       No

• Has clincher statement with transition to next paragraph

Yes       No

 

Concluding Paragraph

• Restates Thesis                                       Yes       No
• 3-5 sentences long?                                  Yes       No

 

General Mechanics

• Stays in 3^rd person (no you, I, my, me, my, we, our)

Yes       No

• Stays in present tense (or past if history)      Yes       No
• Underlined book, song and movie titles       Yes       No
• Put titles of poems, articles in quotes          Yes       No
• Needs to be spell-checked?            Yes       No

 

Works cited

• Has a works cited page                             Yes       No
• Has one internet source                             Yes       No
• Has one periodical source                          Yes       No
• (Editor checked) MLA guide to see that entry is formatted correctly

Yes       No

·       Are entries properly aligned at left margin and have a ½-inch hanging indentation?

Yes       No

·       Are entries alphabetized by author’s last name?

Yes       No

CALIFORNIA STANDARDS: SCORING RUBRIC FOR WRITING TASKS

(4) EXCEPTIONAL WRITING:
•Clearly addresses all parts of the writing task.
•Demonstrates a clear understanding of purpose and audience.
•Maintains a consistent point of view, focus and organizational structure, including the effective use of transitions.
•Includes a clearly presented central idea, with relevant facts, details, and/or explanations.
•Includes a variety of sentence types.
•Contains few, if any, errors in the conventions of the English language (grammar, punctuation, capitalization, spelling). These errors do not interfere with the reader's understanding of the writing.

(3) CAPABLE WRITING:
•Addresses all parts of the writing tasks.
•Demonstrates a general understanding of purpose and audience.
•Maintains a mostly consistent point of view, focus, and organizational structure, including the effective use of some transitions.
•Presents a central idea with mostly relevant facts, details, and/or explanations.
•Includes a variety of sentence types.
•Contains some errors in the conventions of the English language (grammar, punctuation, capitalization, spelling). These errors do not interfere with the reader's understanding of the writing.

(2) LIMITED WRITING:
•Addresses only parts of the writing task.
•Demonstrates little understanding of purpose and audience.
•Maintains an inconsistent point of view, focus, and/or organizational structure, which may include ineffective or awkward transitions that do not unify important ideas.
•Suggests a central idea with limited facts, details, and/or explanations.
•Includes little variety in sentence types.
•Contains several errors in the conventions of the English language (grammar, punctuation, capitalization, spelling). These errors may interfere with the reader's understanding of the writing.

(1) MINIMAL WRITING:
•Addresses only one part of the writing task.
•Demonstrates no understanding of purpose and audience.
•Lacks a point of view, focus, and/or organizational structure, and transitions that unify important ideas.
•Lacks a central idea but may contain marginally related facts, details, and/or explanations.
•Includes no sentence variety.
•Contains serious errors in the conventions of the English language (grammar, punctuation, capitalization, spelling). These errors interfere with the reader's understanding of the writing.