Peer Editing — The 5-Move Protocol

Watch the 90-second peer-edit segment of MG-8 video. Children take notes on what the editor SAYS vs. what they DON'T say.

• Pause at each of the 5 moves and name it
• Highlight 'compliment WITH A QUOTE' as different from a generic compliment

M-2-S-WR-14-A Video Physical / non-image

90-second video clip: two multicultural Grade-2 children sit at a small round table. Child A (writer) holds a 2-paragraph draft. Child B (peer editor) holds the MG-10 bookmark. The clip shows all 5 moves with timestamped overlays: 0:00 LISTEN, 0:20 COMPLIMENT-WITH-QUOTE, 0:40 QUESTION, 0:55 SUGGESTION, 1:10 WRITER DECIDES. Caption track on. Quiet classroom background; teacher passing by in the distance smiles. Production note: real-feel, not staged.

MG-10 Chart

Peer-edit 5-move protocol bookmark (print-ready 2x7 inches): 1. LISTEN all the way through. 2. COMPLIMENT with a quote ('I liked when you wrote ___'). 3. ASK one question ('What did you mean by ___?'). 4. SUGGEST one revision move by NAME (ADD DETAIL / STRONGER VERB / VARY LENGTH / COMBINE / CHECK TENSE). 5. The WRITER decides what to change. Front of bookmark in color; back of bookmark in dyslexic-friendly black-and-white.

Today we learn how to be PEER EDITORS. The 5 moves are on your bookmark. Move 1: LISTEN all the way through before you say anything. Move 2: COMPLIMENT WITH A QUOTE. Not 'I liked your story' — that's lazy. Quote your friend back: 'I liked when you wrote SHE INSISTED THAT FRIDAY IS THE BEST DAY because that's a strong opinion verb.' Move 3: ASK ONE QUESTION. Something genuine: 'What did you mean by THE SECOND-BEST PART?' Move 4: SUGGEST ONE REVISION MOVE BY NAME. Use our menu: 'You could try the STRONGER VERB move on said.' Move 5: THE WRITER DECIDES what to change. Peer editor does NOT pick up the pencil. The WRITER is in charge.

• Notice the peer editor never picks up the pencil. The writer always decides.

  model AIDE reads draft. TEACHER (peer editor) listens, then says: 'Move 2 — I liked when you wrote MY GRANDMA COOKED A PERFECT MEAL because cooked + perfect tells me exactly what she did. Move 3 — What did you mean by IT WAS THE BEST? The best in what way? Move 4 — You could try the STRONGER VERB move on said: she insisted, declared? Move 5 — your call.' AIDE: 'I'll try insisted.'

  prompt Teacher and an aide role-play the 5 moves on a sample draft.

• What's the difference between 'I liked it' and a compliment-with-a-quote?
• Who picks up the pencil — peer editor or writer?

M-2-S-WR-14-B Chart

Reproduction of MG-10 5-move protocol at 11x17 for wall: 5 numbered cards in a vertical strip. Each card has a 1-sentence move name + a tiny illustration: 1. LISTEN (ear icon). 2. COMPLIMENT WITH A QUOTE (speech bubble with quotation marks). 3. ASK A QUESTION (question mark icon). 4. SUGGEST A MOVE BY NAME (revision-menu icon). 5. WRITER DECIDES (pencil in writer's hand icon). Bottom rule line: 'PEER EDITOR DOES NOT PICK UP THE PENCIL.' Print-ready, dyslexic-friendly font.

MG-10 Chart

Peer-edit 5-move protocol bookmark (print-ready 2x7 inches): 1. LISTEN all the way through. 2. COMPLIMENT with a quote ('I liked when you wrote ___'). 3. ASK one question ('What did you mean by ___?'). 4. SUGGEST one revision move by NAME (ADD DETAIL / STRONGER VERB / VARY LENGTH / COMBINE / CHECK TENSE). 5. The WRITER decides what to change. Front of bookmark in color; back of bookmark in dyslexic-friendly black-and-white.

• Pair up. Run the 5-move protocol on your partner's 2-paragraph draft. Use the bookmark. Switch roles after 7 minutes.

  scaffold Bookmark + timer + audio-record option
• After both partners have edited, the WRITER decides which suggestion(s) to apply, if any. Annotate with green pencil.

• What COMPLIMENT-WITH-QUOTE did your partner give you? What revision move did you decide to apply?

• Thank your peer editor by name.
• Predict: tomorrow we do a full revision day.

• At home, give an adult a compliment-with-a-quote about something they cooked, said, or did today.