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Musical Peer Reviews

My students just finished rough drafts of an argumentative essay about whether students should have the responsibility of cleaning their school. I provided them with two sources, an article and a video . Because I wanted to take them through the process step by step, I required them to all take the same side of the argument. Each day, I modeled what I wanted them to do and gave mini-lessons on citing sources, writing hooks, writing clinchers, etc. Students spent several class periods writing in class, and after each period, I read each student's draft and gave as much feedback as I could. As they worked, I walked around to answer questions and help them revise. Since they had so much feedback from me, and I was pretty tired of reading their essays, I decided to have them give peer feedback before submitting their final drafts. While driving to school this morning, I got a great idea-MUSICAL peer review because what ISN'T better with music? Here's how it worked: 1) S