4 Peer Review – Be able to critique their own and others’ work by emphasizing global revision early in the writing process and local revision later in the process.
I have had previous experience with peer review in science projects and english essays from high school. Some peer review was super informative and helpful by emphasizing comprehensibility, clarity, and voice, but there was other peer review that left me wondering what I could do better other than grammar and spelling mistakes. Peer review has helped me this semester with seeing my work from someone else’s perspective, giving me ideas when I ran out, and complimenting what I did well so I can do it more.
Peer’s peer review comment on my 3rd essay
Here Kristin focused mainly on global revision and told me that I should work on my paragraph structure and organization and adding more quotes from sources. I appreciate that she mentioned her top priorities for my essay because it gives me something to focus on when I’m working. I like how she mentioned what her perception of my essay was because it helped me understand how I needed to adjust what I was saying to portray a more accurate message. After reading her message and my essay, I can say that one of my writing strengths is using examples in my writing that the reader can relate to.
My end comment on peer’s 3rd essay
My comment on peer’s 3rd essay
My approach to peer review is more forward than my peers usually expect, and here I highlighted his paragraph structure and connection between ideas, but I mostly commented on what could be made better. When leaving individual comments, I want them to be helpful so I point out something that doesn’t make a lot of sense to me and explain what I think could make it sound better. I don’t usually correct grammar or spelling mistakes this early in the drafting stage unless they do it multiple times. For the end comment, I try to grasp the essay as a whole and see how the moving parts work together. Do I understand the thesis/ see the message appear in all the paragraphs? If I see room for improvement, what could they do to fix it? How could they make the author/their voice more prominent? I think it is helpful to leave the author off with a few things to focus on while they write, and I did say them within the end comment, but I wish I left the advice right at the end.
