Assignment 6: Reflection

My attempt to do a 5 part Peer Revision Sheet in an editing workshop went from a disaster to a successful activity.  We have an A day/ B day block schedule.  My first A day attempt wasn't even "organized chaos," it was just chaos.  I tried to do the editing in too short of a time (35 minutes); I didn't give the editing groups enough instruction on their role; and there was a problem with some individuals in the groups finishing their papers too quickly and just sitting there, while other students held up the passing papers to the next group.  No paper made it through 5 editors, so I had students take their papers and have students edit them outside of class.  The next A class I called each group up before I gave them the papers and made sure they understood what to mark on the paper.  This took even more time, and once again, no paper made it through all 5 editing groups.  By B day I figured out to go through all 5 parts of the editing sheet with the entire class before starting the groups and telling them they only had 5 minutes to complete their task and send their paper to the next group.  This was more successful.   My " do over" notes are to allow more time for the entire activity and specify a set amount of time when papers have to be sent to the next group,