Tips for Editors:

1. Be sure to put your NAME on the copy you are editing so you can receive credit for your editing work. Your marked up editor's copy will be handed in by the author in the two-pocket folder with their final draft. An editor's comments are graded for their quality and quantity, including content, accuracy and completeness of editorial work.

2. Put your EDITING ROLE on the copy e.g. as a) the Reader, b) the Spelling, Grammar, and Punctuation Checker, c) the Organization Checker, or d) the Style checker. You are not responsible to catch all 4 kinds of errors but you should focus on your individual editorial task. You should try to spot any errors in your area of responsibility. Your role in the group should change with each paper that you edit. (If you have five people at your table you might want to have two people checking spelling, grammar, and punctuation with one focusing on commas and punctuation and one focusing more on spelling and grammar etc.)

3. Watch your time. If you have 4 people at your table, your group only has 15 minutes to read and review each paper. If you have 5 people at your table, your group only has 12 minutes to read and review each paper. Your editing might seem a bit rushed during the first in-class editing practice/peer reviews, but most people get much better and faster at it with practice over time during the semester.

Tips for Authors:

1. This is probably one of the few times in your life that you will have the opportunity to have 3 editors spotting errors for you simultaneously. Start a List of Errors that you are making for your Personal Editing Checklist Assignment. There are errors that you know how to correct yourself if you simply spot them, and there are errors that you do not catch because you do not know a rule of writing. You should especially focus your attention on any repetitive errors that you make of this kind. It may require asking questions of your editors to discover, for example, that you do not really know where commas go, or do not know the difference between accept and except. At this point your 3 editors/peer reviewers become invaluable. If your editors point out errors that you do not see because you do not know a rule of writing, make sure it goes down on your list. Also include on the list any words you regularly misspell.

2. Make sure you collect the edited copies from all of your editors. Make sure they put their name and role on it. Keep them and put them in the two-pocket folder along with your final draft.