GAFE Collaborative Writing and Peer Editing

Our ESL newspaper is one of our most exciting projects we do each year. Using google Docs or Slides, each students writes an assigned article complete with headlines, images, and deadlines. They also complete a choice article about something that interests them. There is much planning that goes into their lessons with brainstorming, editing and peer review. Students are responsible for editing at least two peers' articles. They make comments using the comments features and provide tips for revision. They are able to view the work of other students as we are all working on the same document. The final product is shared with teachers, administrators, and parents. Our goal is to use the week long unit to implement specific grammatical and writing skills learned in the previous week. The publishing process is similar to that of a regular working newspaper with students working as reporters and editors.