Category: Peer Review

My partner for this peer review was Sam. We used the peer review guidelines from Project 1 and commented on aspects from those guidelines. We mainly focused on finding claims, and evidence used from the sources. This style of peer review was helpful to me because we talked about what we wanted to focus on in our essay, so I got feedback on transitions and integrating sources, which I will focus on in my final draft.

Update: I thought the second peer review post in class was helpful because I had the same partner (Sam). We talked about some of the comments that we made, and we were able to make corrections and suggestions about MLA citations and wording issues.

During this revision process I thought that highlighting where we used different resources and our own personal experiences was helpful. It showed me if I was using too much of one resource in one spot or too little of another. My use of personal experience Bain’s writing and Dweck’s TED Talk were pretty evenly spread out throughout the essay. This process is pretty different from other revision methods I have used. The one thing I didn’t like about this was with this method that if I go back on the paper to highlight or edit again, most of the paper is already highlighted and might be harder to figure out.

Most of the comments that I received for my peer review were pretty helpful. I like peer review because whoever is reading my paper usually finds some errors which I didn’t catch beforehand which is helpful to me. I think that I will use some of the suggestions from the peer review comments in my final essay.

When I peer review someone’s paper I generally read it a few times to see if anything sticks out to me. Usually the first thing I will look for are any grammar or sentence structure issues, and I will comment about to how to fix them. Then, I will look at how they set up their argument, and make sure it relates to their thesis. I will also look at any evidence or quotes they used and make sure they are utilized correctly. Then I will usually read the essay again to see if I missed anything, and make sure it fits together well.

The comments I received from my peer review were very helpful. I had missed a few grammar things that I did not realize when writing, but my peers picked up on. I also got comments about using more specific evidence, which will remind me to to not be vague in my essay. Another comment that was helpful to me was about making sure I covered all of what the prompt asked. I will keep these comments in mind when revising my essay, and will use them during the revision process because now I am aware of parts of the essay that I can fix.