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Narrative Peer Review Checklist

Read the practice extract, then review a partner’s narrative. Be specific, kind and useful: point to a moment in the writing and explain its effect. The answers shown are examples; your feedback should match the draft you review.

Practice extract: The Last Car

Read this short narrative extract as a reviewer. By four o’clock, the car-wash fundraiser had raised enough to pay for the community hall’s new microphone. Only one car remained: a dusty ute driven by a man who kept checking his watch. “Quick wash, please,” he said. “I’m late.” Talia gripped the hose. Omar had promised to finish the job, but he was nowhere to be seen. A gust of wind lifted the fundraiser sign and sent it skidding towards the road. “Leave the car,” Isla called. “Get the sign!” Talia hesitated. The ute’s engine growled. Then the driver leaned out and caught the sign with one hand. For a second, nobody moved. He looked at the words COMMUNITY HALL and quietly switched off the engine. “I can wait,” he said. “Let’s save that first.”

Story and structure

Review the practice extract first, then use the same checks on your partner’s draft.

1.State the main problem in the practice extract in one clear sentence.
2.Choose the moment that most clearly changes what the characters do. Explain briefly why it is a turning point.
  • The fundraiser has raised enough money.
  • The sign skids towards the road and the driver catches it.
  • The driver says he is late.
3.Does the tension build before the turning point? Tick the best judgement, then identify one detail that creates tension.
  • Yes — the late driver, missing Omar, gust of wind and moving sign add pressure.
  • A little — there is a problem, but no details increase the pressure.
  • No — the events are resolved before any tension develops.
4.Find one action or line of dialogue that reveals something about a character. What does it suggest?
5.Is the final line earned by the events before it, or does it feel sudden? Give one reason.

Language and craft

Look closely at how the writer creates meaning, not just whether the writing is correct.

6.Which point of view is used in the practice extract? Give one clue from the writing.
7.In “The ute’s engine growled”, what effect does the verb “growled” create? Suggest one alternative only if it would change the effect.
8.The sentence “A gust of wind lifted the fundraiser sign and sent it skidding towards the road” links cause and consequence. Find a similar link in your partner’s draft, or suggest where one would help.

Peer feedback

Now review your partner’s narrative. Use exact details from their draft wherever possible.

9.Complete this feedback with a specific moment from your partner’s narrative: “One effective moment is ______ because it makes the reader ______.”
10.Choose the most useful first revision for your partner: clarify the problem, build tension, develop a character, improve the ending, or edit sentences. Name a place in the draft and explain your choice.

3 printable pages

  • Narrative Peer Review Checklist, page 1 of 3: Practice extract: The Last Car, Story and structure

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  • Narrative Peer Review Checklist, page 2 of 3: Language and craft

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  • Narrative Peer Review Checklist, page 3 of 3: Peer feedback

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