The Internet TESL Journal

A Peer Review Form for Evaluating Writing

Hee-Jung Jung
hjung@wsu.edu

Students can use this as a set of guidelines of what should be considered when evaluating the quality of writing. The process of evaluating other students not only helps the one being evaluated, but also helps the one doing the evaluating. Students should write a comments to justify their evaluations.

Criteria Excellent Good Poor Comments

Layout/Organization

Paper structure (organization into sections, subsections, appendix)

 

 

 

 

Clearly stated purpose and objective(s)

 

 

 

 

Transitions used

 

 

 

 

Introduction & conclusion focus clearly on the main point

 

 

 

 

Development & Support

Major ideas/topics received enough attention and explanation

 

 

 

 

Supporting material persuasive

 

 

 

 

Adequate references and resource material

 

 

 

 

Style

Topic and level of formality appropriate for audience

 

 

 

 

Sentences and words varied

 

 

 

 

Grammar and Mechanics

Grammar

 

 

 

 

Punctuation

 

 

 

 

Spelling

 

 

 

 

Recommended Changes

Please recommend three specific changes in the writing.

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The Internet TESL Journal, Vol. VII, No. 5, May 2001
http://iteslj.org/
http://iteslj.org/Handouts/Jung-WritingEvaluation.html