sjsprWriting

• the reader reads the writer’s work aloud to the writer (writer is silent)

• the reader summarizes to the writer what they understood the piece to be about (writer is silent)

• the writer clarifies any misunderstandings, any missing ideas, etc (reader is silent)

• the reader tells the writer what they like about the piece, what the writer could work on, and then gives them some sort of encouragement in what they can do for future publications (I call this the “Critical Sandwich”)

• the writer summarizes what the reader’s criticism and encouragement were.

• switch readers.