Goals

Receive feedback from clasmates, ensure all of the narrative elements and literary techniques are used

 

Details

Duration: 30 minutes

Assessments: Student discussions, Student writing

Materials: Crayons, colored pencils

 

Description

1. After students wrote the first draft of their monologue (after the "Golden Details" lesson), we swapped papers and peer reviewed using a technique called "rainbow markings." For example, each time a student read a description of "setting" they colored over the sentence/phrase with an assigned color. After the students received their papers back they saw what elements they were missing by the absence of color.

The PPT has one slide that includes the color assignments:

Setting Description - Green
Dialogue - Red
Phrases/Words in Native Tongue - Blue
Symbols - Orange
Figurative Language (similes, metaphors) - Yellow
Sensory Details - Purple
Golden Details - UNDERLINE IN BLACK
If any of the above do not exist, find places in the monologue where the writer can insert the above details.

Peer Review
Rainbow markings...
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Author Reflections

I struggle with peer review (I often feel it is not productive). This method tricks students into really looking for details and forces them to read with a critical eye. It's also fun!