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Personal Letter Peer Review

Swap personal letters with a partner. Read the letter once for meaning, then again to notice craft choices. Give specific, respectful feedback: quote a short phrase or identify a paragraph, explain its effect, and suggest a practical next step. Do not edit the writer’s personal experiences or impose your own voice. Complete the prompts using evidence from the letter; if a feature is absent, say so and suggest what could be added.

Read the sample letter

Use this fictional letter to practise your review before exchanging drafts. Dear Bodhi, I’ve been meaning to tell you what happened on the final afternoon of our coastal clean-up. We had filled six rubbish bags, and everyone was tired when a small penguin appeared beside the rocks. It looked dazed, so we kept our distance and called the local wildlife rescue team. While we waited, Leila reminded us to move the bags away from the waterline. The rescue volunteer arrived quickly and explained that the penguin would be checked for injury. I felt worried at first, but seeing the group stay calm made me feel useful rather than helpless. I was proud that we had done something practical without trying to handle the bird ourselves. The clean-up mattered, but that moment taught me that caring also means knowing when to ask an expert for help. I wish you could have been there. Next time, let’s bring gloves and a thermos, and we can volunteer together. Write back when you can and tell me what you’ve been doing. Take care, Alex

1.Evaluate “Dear Bodhi,” in the sample. What does this greeting suggest about the relationship, and what would change if the letter were written to a community organisation?

2.Find two effective choices in the sample letter. For each, quote or identify a detail and explain how it helps the reader.

3.Choose the best description of the sample letter’s tone and support your choice with a phrase from the text.

Formal and distant
Friendly and reflective
Angry and accusatory
Comic and careless

4.Put these events in the order they occur in the sample: the rescue volunteer arrives; the group spots a penguin; the group calls wildlife rescue; Leila moves the rubbish bags away from the waterline.

5.Identify the role of each paragraph in the sample letter: paragraph 1, paragraph 2 and paragraph 3. Does the order help the letter make sense? Explain briefly.

6.The writer says, “I felt worried at first, but seeing the group stay calm made me feel useful rather than helpless.” What change in feeling does this reveal, and why is it effective?

7.Assess the closing, “Take care, Alex.” Is it a suitable match for this letter? Suggest one alternative closing and explain any difference in tone.

8.Write one constructive “wish” for the sample letter. It must refer to a specific place or feature and offer an achievable revision, not just say “add more detail”.

9.For your partner’s letter, write two “stars” and one “wish”. Make each comment evidence-based: identify a phrase, moment or feature, describe its effect, and give a practical suggestion for the wish. If there is no clear feature to praise in one area, identify a strength elsewhere in the draft.

10.After receiving feedback on your own personal letter, name one change you will make. Explain which reader response or writing goal it addresses, and identify a revision you will keep in your own voice.