Day 11: Peer Review of First Essay

Objectives
* Use strategies and phrases to give effective feedback.
* Evaluate two essays for organization and content.
* Discuss feedback given.

Getting ready for Peer Review: (10minutes)

1. First, copy/paste your essay from Dropbox into a Word document. Save it in the computer's desktop.

2. Leave your essay displayed on the screen, grab your handout Peer Feedback Expressions and Strategies, and move to another station. You will peer edit the essay displayed on that station.

3. Before you start peer-reviewing:
a. Play a little with Word features: Review, New Comment, Delete comment, coloring features, etc.
b. Read the Peer Review Sheet so you know what to look for.

Peer Review (20 minutes)

1. Read the essay entirely.

2. From the point of view of a reader, offer some feedback to this writer so he/she can improve his/her essay. Use those expressions and strategies learned last class and the Peer Review Sheet. Be honest and specific.

3. At the end of the first 10 minutes, move to another station and do the same. Agree or disagree with other comments left by the previous reviewer, if you consider it necessary.

The last part of the session will be devoted to provide some oral feedback if this is requested. Be prepared. (10 minutes)


Homework
Read the feedback given by your peers. Remember that it is exactly what it is, feedback, a response to your writing. It is not criticism or flattery, it is just what one or two readers think about what you wrote. It is up to you to consider what to do with it.

During the course of the following week, you will be learning about plagiarism and working in your final draft for the Diagnostic essay as well.
Your final draft will be presented for grading on Monday, February 21 by midnight.

If questions arise during this drafting period I will be in my office on Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15, 11:00-12:00. I will not hold my office hour for Thursday this coming week.
Please, do not send me drafts for corrections through email; all consultations regarding drafts should be made in person in my office.