Peer feedback - short stories choice

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Peer feedback

Writing

3VWO reg

March 2024

Today

• What is peer feedback?
• How to give peer feedback.
• Giving peer feedback in class on the essays (first attempt)

• Short stories to choose from

What is peer feedback?

Peer feedback 

Why?

How?

Take notes to answer these questions during the next video

Spark: content of good feedback

• Specific  Link your feedback to a specific part of the review.
• Prescriptive  Offer a solution to the problem you find.
• Actionable  When the feedback is read, the writer should know how to improve.
• References  The feedback has to do with the criteria you see in the checklist
• Kind  Don't be mean, be critical and helpful

Time to give feedback

• Share your work with your neighbour.
• 1 0-15 minutes to read the essay and write feedback.
• Go down the checklist.
• Give two tops and tips.

Steps: Feedback on essay writing

Step 1. Read the whole essay. Use a different coloured pen to make notes on the written piece if  needed. 

Step 2. Use the checklist to give feedback.

Step 3. Give two tips and two tops

Checklist for peer feedback

Remember: S.P.A.R.K

& Look at basic criteria

Next lesson- More essay writing practice + short stories

Three topics and stories to choose from

Fear - Revenge - Love

Fear / Horror

1. The Elevator – William Sleator

Martin, twelve-years-old, has moved to an apartment building with an old, small elevator. He wants to avoid it, but he lives on the seventeenth floor and doesn’t want to look like a coward. One morning an unusual lady rides the elevator with him, increasing his sense of dread.

2. The Boarded Window - Ambrose Bierce

A man named Murlock is found dead in his cabin and is buried close to it, next to his wife. However, these are the only known facts of the story, and there are some whispers about what actually happened.

Revenge

3. The Cask of Amontillado – Edgar Allan Poe

Montresor has been seriously insulted by his friend Fortunato and seeks revenge. In his attempt to execute his revenge, he tries to make use of his friend’s good confidence.

4. The Return – Fernando Sorrentino

A man, studying to become a high school teacher witnesses a confusing series of events that leave him and us with lots of questions.

Love

5. Through the Tunnel – Doris Lessing

Jerry and his mother go on holiday to a beach resort. During the holiday both mother and Jerry learn a lot about the flaws of parental love.

6. The Nightingale and the Rose – Oscar Wilde

A woman promises a boy that she’ll dance with him at the ball if he brings her a red rose. The boy doesn’t have any red roses. A nightingale comes to the rescue but the story ends in tragedy.

Which topic do you choose for next lesson?

Fear

Revenge

Love