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[*] 11 [Step] Have students evaluate their peers' essays using my Compare/Contrast Rubric. [Comments] 
Students evaluate using the rubric, staple rubric to the essay and then place the essay on a desk in the front of the room for another student to pick up and evaluate. Be sure to check off on a roster or seating chart the names of students who turn in an essay because essays could be stolen during the peer evaluation activity. I require students who have not finished to submit their essay for peer evaluation after writing Not Finished at the top of their papers. This makes them feel like their peers will know that they knew the essay was incomplete. More important, taking their paper forces them to participate in the evaluation activity rather than trying to finish the essay in class. These students often benefit more than the others by reading the essays of better students. I've had good results giving 25 points each for evaluating three essays and another 25 points for quiet participation.
Writing Across the Curriculum II - Preparing to Make Writing Assignments and Selecting Writing Topics - Secondary School Educators -4/11/98
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