Author’s Name: Date:
Peer’s Name: Date:
Editing Checklist for Self- and Peer Editing
Directions: Edit your written work using the Self-Edit columns, fixing any errors you notice. Then, have a
peer complete the Peer Edit columns while you observe.
Self-Edit Peer Edit
Checklist Items After Checklist Items After completing Comments and
each step, place Suggestions
completin a check here.
g each
step, place
a check
here.
Requireme The writer meets
nts the requirements
of the
assignment.
Topic The topic X The topic sentence is X
sentences sentence is clearly stated.
clearly stated.
Thesis The thesis X The thesis X
statement statement is one statement is one
sentence, follows sentence, follows
the template, the template, and
and states the states the claims.
claims.
Evidence Evidence X Evidence supports X
supports the the thesis and is
thesis and is correctly cited.
correctly cited.
Explanatio The supporting X The supporting X
n paragraphs are paragraphs are
relevant and well relevant and well
organized. No organized. No
evidence of evidence of
plagiarism is plagiarism is
present. present.
Punctuatio I read my written X I read the author’s X The punctuation
n piece aloud to see piece aloud to see was good but
where to stop or
pause for periods,
where to stop or
pause for periods,
sometimes the
question marks, question marks,
wording could be
exclamation marks, exclamation marks, better
and commas. and commas.
Quotation marks are X Quotation marks are X
included where included where
needed. needed.
Capital Letters I checked for X I checked for capitals X
