Critique - Kind, Helpful and Specific
Ron Berger is the educator and presenter who first got me excited and inspired about kind, helpful and specific critique in the classroom.
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He wrote a book called An Ethic of Excellence: Building a Culture of Craftsmanship with Students that we all read as founding members of High Tech Middle Media Arts.
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HERE is another video of Ron Berger leading a Group Critique Lesson.
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Although not directly related to critique, this video, Contributing to a Better World: Walking in Solidarity, shows the strength of community coming together to create a more kind and helpful world. It features, Atak, one of the young men in 4th grade during the Austin's Butterfly video.
Creating a culture of kind, helpful and specific critique in the classroom is a key step in creating beautiful work and opportunities for positive collaboration between students. To the left is a video of Ron Berger (an incredible model for critique and creating beautiful work) introducing peer critique to a group of students of different ages.
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HERE is a Prezi presentation that could be used to introduce peer critique in your classroom.
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Below are some documents to help facilitate peer critique in the classroom -
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A Peer Critique Sheet for a Story
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Peer Critique Sentence Starters
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Peer Critique One-Sheet for Middle School or High School
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Printable Peer Review Sheet (Generic)
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Peer Critique Form for an Essay
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