Authors Name:______________________ Reviewers Name:_________________________Date:_________

Breaking Barriers: Personal Narrative Peer Edit

1) Is the authors text clearly focused on ONE barrier that they have overcome? What is it? Where do they
introduce their barrier to the audience?

2) Where in the text does the author explain what values helped them overcome their barrier? Does the
author successfully weave these values into their story?

3) What is the authors hook? Is their hook successful at grabbing their readers attention? Why?

4) What details does the author provide in their introduction that help set the scene for their essay? What
would you add to or take out of their introduction?

5) What events does the author begin their story with (what is their part 1)? What is successful about this
section of the authors text? What would you improve upon?

6) What events does the author include in the middle of their story (what is their part 2)? What is successful
about this section of the authors text? What would you improve upon?

7) What events does the author end their story with (what is their part 3)? What is successful about this
section of the authors text? What would you improve upon?

8) Is this authors conclusion successful? Why or why not?

9) Is the authors text free of capitalization, punctuation and grammar errors? What things do they need to
fix?

10) What are three things that you like about this essay?

11) What three things could this author do to improve their essay?