Workshop — Revise After a Peer Conference

Skills targeted

Objectives

Students conduct a second peer conference using the three-step protocol.
Students APPLY at least one suggestion from the peer conference using one of the four revision moves.
Students explain in one sentence why they applied (or did not apply) the suggestion.

Vocabulary

revisionpeer conferencecomplimentquestionsuggestionapply

Lesson plan

Warm-up

5 min

Quick partner share: yesterday's tense-fix work. Each pair shares one tense-break they caught.

Teacher moves

Set tone of mutual revision
Bridge to today: peer conferences = catching more than just tense

Media


        M-1-S-WR-17-B

Video Physical / non-image

75-second screencast with two Grade-1 children. Child A reads a piece. Child B suggests adding a sense word AND combining two sentences. Child A reads suggestions back to herself. Voiceover: 'She agrees with the sense word — she adds.' (green pen writing). 'She disagrees with the combine — she writes a tiny note: I want these separate.' Caption track on; gentle background music.

Direct instruction

12 min

Today is conferencing day. Round 2. You will swap with a NEW partner. You'll run the protocol — compliment, question, suggestion. AFTER the conference, this time we go further: each writer applies AT LEAST ONE suggestion using our four revision moves and the green pencil. Then we share — not what your partner said, but what YOU CHOSE to do with it. Revision is a writer's choice.

Key examples

Suggestion → choice → action. That's revision after conferring.

model Writer thinks: 'I can do that. My grandma's chicken smelled smoky. I'll add SMOKY.' Writer adds in green pen.

prompt Imagine partner suggests: 'You could ADD a smell word to your picnic piece.'
The writer chose NOT to apply. That's also fine — revision is your choice.

model Writer thinks: 'Hmm, but I want them separate to show two different days. I'll keep them apart.' Writer writes 'Considered combining; kept separate for clarity.'

prompt Imagine partner suggests: 'You could COMBINE these two sentences with AND.'

Checks for understanding

If your partner suggests a tense fix and you agree, what move is that? (None of the four — that's editing. Today we revise content, not mechanics.)
If your partner asks 'what did it smell like?' and you decide to add it, what move? (ADD)

Media


        M-1-S-WR-17-A

Chart Physical / non-image

Anchor chart 'After a Peer Conference: Your Choice.' Top: 'I got a suggestion.' Decision tree with two paths. Left path: 'It feels right.' → Pick a revision move (icons for ADD, REPLACE, COMBINE, REREAD). → Apply in GREEN pencil. Right path: 'I'm keeping it as is.' → Write 'considered and kept.' → Tell your partner thank you. Bottom rule: 'Revision is the writer's choice — both paths are real revision.'

Guided practice

18 min

Tasks

Conference with a new partner using the three-step protocol.

scaffold Protocol card at every desk
After the conference, decide: apply or not? If applying, mark which of the four moves you'll use; do it with the green pencil.

Formative assessment

5 min

Exit ticket

What suggestion did you receive?
Did you apply it? Which move? Why or why not?

scoring Suggestion + decision + reason = mastery; missing reason = practicing; missing decision = reteach.

Closure

2 min

Moves

Author's chair: 3 volunteers read 'before peer conference' and 'after revision' versions.
Acknowledge the writers who chose NOT to apply, with reason.

Homework

10 min

Tasks

Read your revised draft to a family member. Tell them what changed and why.

Exercises in this lesson

eng.g1.s.ex_38 Apply at least one suggestion from your peer conference using one of the four revision moves. Mark the change in green.	peer conference apply · diff 4
eng.g1.s.ex_39 Write one sentence explaining which revision move you used today, why you chose it, and how it made your piece better.	revision reflection · diff 5

Differentiation

Scaffolds

Pre-paired with previous partner for continuity if needed
Strategy-card mini-reminder in pencil case
Adult-supported pair available

Extensions

Apply TWO suggestions, each with a different revision move.
Run a third partner conference and synthesize two sets of feedback.

English Learners

L1 sentence frames for conferring
Bilingual partner pairing where possible

Ieps 504s

Compliment + question only protocol option
Adult acts as conference partner if peer pairing is overwhelming

Teacher notes

Second peer conference of the term — this one should feel more confident than lesson 14. The critical move is permitting NON-APPLICATION with stated reason — this is where children develop authorial agency. Calkins is explicit on this: forcing every suggestion would destroy the writer's voice. Praise both 'applied' and 'considered and kept' equally in author's chair.