Lesson Objectives:
- Clarify Peer Critique Form/Expectations
- Peer Critique (or Studio Time)
Lesson Goals:
- Students will understand Peer Critique Expectations.
- Students will provide each other with quality feedback (or make productive use of Studio
Time).
- Students will practice using quotes as evidence.
Lesson Products:
- Peer Critique (collected)
Overarching Goals:
- Peer Critique allows students to practice LT 1: COMMUNICATION and LT: 4
REASONING, long-term Learning Targets.
- Peer Critique will help students finish and revise their Chapter 3 narratives, the
culminating text for this unit that will asses LT 5: CONVENTIONS, LT 6: DESCRIPTIVE
WRITING, and LT 7: NARRATIVE WRITING, long-term learning targets.
Differentiation:
- Students on certain learning plans will be able to work in Starrs office on her computer.
Other students are able to use tools such as talk-to-text and typing helpers.
Minute-by-Minute
As students walk in, ask them to make sure they know how long their story is.
(3 min.) Table Talk: How can researched details help paint a sense of place, develop
characters, or move the plot forward?
- 2 minute talk
- 1 minute share (write ideas on the board)
(5 min.) Review Peer Critique template on Classroom. What are the three elements you will
be providing feedback on? How detailed should your feedback be (what, where, why, how)?
How can you include quotes (you said, or details like )?
Check for Understanding (CFU): Thumbs up if clear
Behavioral Expectations (BE): Students have good eye-contact and body language. No
side conversations during directions.
Academic Expectations (AE): Students participate when prompted and ask clarifying
questions if needed.
Teacher Expectations (TE): Dont talk while students are still talking. Refocus individual
students. Clarify directions and expectations before starting transitions.
(2 min.) Ask students who are finished to check in with me about how many pages they have
so that they can be partnered up. Stress the importance of being FINISHED with the chapter
so that their partner can complete the peer critique