07 Peer Review // Due the week of October 22, 2015

Hi Everyone!

This week's homework diverges a bit depending on your day. Check out the directions for Peer Review below and then look at the homework for your specific day.

Peer Review:

1. Read through the entire paper once
2. On a separate sheet of paper/notebook:
1. Write a head comment which includes at least:
1. 1-2 specific things the writer did well
2. 1-2 specific things the writer could change for a better paper
2. Write marginal comments:
1. At least 1 comment per paragraph for a total of 5 comments
2. If you need ideas, look at the bottom of this post. 
3. We will be discussing your comments in class, so make sure they are clear and specific and kind :D

Wednesday:

• If your paper was peer reviewed in class this week, spend time at home making changes to it.
• If you didn't include in-text citations in your rough draft (whether it was peer reviewed in class or not), add those in before our next class period.
• In-Text Citations: Tell where you got your information from, within your paper. If you got it from the third source from your Works Cited page, then write (3) right after the fact/quote.
• IE: Dr. Jane Doe says, "Cats are the best" (3).
• Check your email for further directions. 

Thursday and Friday:

• Peer review the student papers I assigned to you at the end of class. 

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Questions to consider when peer reviewing:

1. Attention-grabber:
1. Is it relevant? If not--how could it be made more relevant?
2. How could it be made more interesting? Even if it is somewhat interesting, what is another type of attention-grabber they could have used?
2. Thesis:
1. Does it follow the formula: Opinion because r1, r2, r3
2. Is the opinion an actual opinion?
3. Are the reasons relevant? Separate? What could be better reasons?
3. Body Paragraphs:
1. Give 1-2 suggestions for more evidence that the person could try to find.
2. Any evidence that should be left out?
3. Topic sentence and concluding sentence?
4. Concluding Paragraph:
1. Does it wrap up the whole paper?
2. Does it give new information not seen in the rest of the paper? (This would be bad.)
3. Is there a call to action?