Peer Review: In Class Comments, Jan 29th

Comment 1: Read through the opinion editorial. Then, without looking at the post again, answer the following questions:

1. What was the thesis/argument of the opinion editorial?

2. Who was the specific audience that the author was trying to influence, or that would be necessary to influence in order for a change to be made?

3. What would be convincing about the argument for the reader? What would be less effective?

Note - this first comment is largely to see if your readers got from your opinion editorial what you think they should've gotten from it.

Comment 2: Go through each of the categories on the Supplemental Guide grading rubric and evaluate your peer's effectiveness on each. Think about areas that still need to be worked on.

After comparing the rubric to the paper, answer the following:

1. What are three things that work well in this paper? Why?

2. What are three things that could be improved in this paper? Why and how?

Note - make sure to give details and be specific. For example, "In the third paragraph, the second sentence..."

Comment 3: Read the responses to your own writing, and then answer the following questions:

1. Have I adequately addressed the concerns of the instructor as discussed in our conference?

2. Based on my own reflection and the comments of my peers, what do I still need to work on in my paper? What do I plan to do on the paper before the final draft is due?