The students used the rubrics in child speak and the resource "Crafting Sentences" to provide feedback and feedforward to their peers.
As a group, we read one students' piece of writing (with permission) and co-constructed a positive, thoughtful and specific feedback. The feedback was specific to our learning intention of "Crafting Sentences to improve our writing".
The students got an idea of how to provide constructive feedback and feedforward.
It was heartening to see that students chose who they would provide feedback to and receive feedback from. Every student had two other peers who were giving feedback to them.
It took a few days for each student in the group to read two other peers' writing and provide feedback.
Once feedback was received, students had to sit with the peers who gave them feedback and accept or challenge the feedback in a positive way. It was good to hear some students challenging the feedback and the peers who gave feedback justifying their feedback with reference to the written piece.
This was a time consuming process but did have a positive impact on students who learnt to give and receive constructive feedback.
The students then responded to feedback and worked on improving their writing. A positive experience for all.
I am happy we did this because it was powerful for students to give and receive feedback. The students told me that it enabled them to learn from each other.
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