Feedback a young writer can use in the next draft

Choose one writing goal before discussing a draft. A specific observation and a manageable next action give the writer a route forward; a long list of unrelated corrections can make that route difficult to see.

A reader asks how the character crossed the stream; the author can add a bridge or revise the route.

Keep the suggestion connected to the goal

Name one part understood clearly. Ask about one confusing connection. Let the author choose and explain a revision.

Give feedback about one stated writing goal. Several unrelated corrections can obscure the change that would most help this draft.

What did the author choose to change? Offer spoken feedback or a quiet partner exchange.

Feedback is not permission to rewrite another person's work.

Resources

• Six-Panel Comic Challenge — Use the panels when a visual story sequence supports the task.

Further reading

• Literacy Hub — Teaching reading professional learning

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