Academic Reading, Writing, and Speaking

Revising your literacy narrative

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Seek comments on your draft from your classmates; you will use their comments to re-see your writing and to help plan your revision.

Click Submit after each text box to submit your answers to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to this activity at any time. (An activity reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.)

You might suggest the following questions and guidelines to your reviewers. You will use these same guidelines when you review other classmates’ work.

Is the narrative focused around a main idea? Is it possible for readers to summarize the main idea in one sentence?
Are the details vivid? Sufficient? Are there opportunities to tell the story more clearly?
Are there opportunities to add dialogue? Would visuals deepen the impact of the story?
Does the introduction bring readers into the world of the story?
Does the conclusion provide a sense of the story’s importance?

Draft of literacy narrative with peer reviewers’ comments

Sample literacy narrative with dialogue and a visual

These checklists provide guidelines for you and your reviewers.

Tips for peer reviewers

Tips for using reviewers’ comments

Use the space below to write some revision goals before you begin to revise your literacy narrative.

Sample revision goals for a literacy narrative

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