PEER REVIEW INSTRUCTIONS

Hi all,

I'm finally feeling better--my apologies.

I still want you all to benefit from a peer review--so in order to make up class time, you'll be completing an online peer review exercise on your blogs this week. YOU HAVE UNTIL FRIDAY, 2/19, to complete this exercise.

I've compiled the following peer trios.

Tyler, Adam, James

Alana C., Dakotah, Chaimaa

Edmund, Cassie, Mark

Paata, Joann, Alana M.

Fawzi, Khadija, Nick

Briana, Lily, Tiffany

Jess, Malkijah, Shivani

Each of you will post your rough drafts on your blog, and it will be the job of your peer partners to comment on your draft, in the form of a blog comment.

When you're commenting on your peer partners' drafts, please provide complete answers to the following questions:

1) Locate what you believe to be the author’s thesis statement. Rewrite it in your own words.

2) Why does this thesis either fail to or succeed at making a debatable assertion? Why is it interesting? What could the author do to improve?

3) How does the paper talk about the topic brought up in the thesis? How does the argument develop throughout the paper?  What does each paragraph add to the argument? What could the author do to improve?

4) Think back to the author’s thesis statement as you read the paper’s conclusion—in what ways do you think the author has refined/stated their thesis throughout the paper? Are you convinced? Provide ONE potential (constructive) point of criticism—what would you want to see more of, or add?

Additionally, I've invited you all to a Google Doc where you can sign up for your conference times for this week. Remember, if you fail to meet with me, that'll be counted as a week's absence.

Please complete these peer reviews, and I'll see you at your conference.

--Greenlee