Peer Writing Conference Record

Writer’s Name____________________ Date ________

Responder ______________________ Topic/Genre ___________

Writer, before you ask for a conference, your job is to consider what you want help with: ideas, language, images, organization, coherence, a part of the piece, a sense of the whole? Tell the responder what you want response to:

Responder, when you agree to confer with a writer, your job is to help the writer think and make decisions about writing:

-Ask what he or she needs help with.

-Listen as the writer reads, try to understand the writing, then tell what you heard.

-If there are parts that confuse you, you don’t understand, or you’d like to know more about, ask the writer about them. It will help you -- and the writer-- if you jot down your questions during and after reading in the space below.

-Ask the writer what he or she plans to do next.

-Give this record of the conference to the writer.

Writer, jot down your plans before you forget them: