Peer Review Checklist

Reviewers Name: __________________________ I am reviewing __________________________s essay

If you check No for anything, explain below the question what the author can do to fix the problem. Step 1: Read the whole essay through once. Highlight the thesis and the topic sentence of each body paragraph. Step 2: Organization Reread the body paragraphs.
Yes

Does each body paragraph have a clear main idea? What is each body paragraph about? Body #1: Body #2: Body #3:
Yes No

No

Does each paragraph support the thesis? If no, which paragraph(s) does not? Why not?

Yes

Does the topic sentence of each paragraph make clear what the paragraph is about? Step 3: Sources
Yes

No

Are there at least 2 sources?

Yes

No

Are the sources reputable? Step 4: Format

Yes Yes No No

No

Is the essay double-spaced? Does the essay have a Works Cited page, listing the sources? Step 5: Textual connection and personal reflection
Yes

Does the writer have a paragraph (on a separate piece of paper) explaining why

No

he/she chose the topic, and how he/she became interested in this topic after reading Anne Frank?