Thank you to those of you who submitted your first drafts of the Final Reflection for Unit 4. Just as we did with Units 1-3, we’re going to use peer review to get feedback and guide revision for the final draft. Feedback on your peers’ work is due by noon (12pm) on Friday, 12/16. 

Thank you for sticking to this deadline, so that everyone has sufficient time to work on revisions over the weekend.

After reading & annotating this post, please go back to review the Unit 1 Peer Review Writing Workshop, which has important information about Peer Review (purpose, expectation, grading, Peer Review worksheet, etc.) that also applies to this and future peer review assignments. Make sure, also, to review the Unit 4 Assignment and the Unit 4 Writing Workshop (including the new Week 17 content, just posted today). When reviewing your peers’ work, pay attention to the following:

  • Does the Final Reflection have all the required components?
  • Are quotations (from the peers’ own work this semester) included and integrated effectively?
  • Is the work organized effectively / cohesively? Pay attention to things such as the order of paragraphs, topic sentences, transitions … reverse outline will be helpful!
  • What was your experience reading the Final Reflection?
  • What was something you really liked about it / think was done well? What were you confused by? What could use improvement? (be specific!)

As always, one of the best things about peer review is that as we become more skilled readers of others’ writing, we also can turn that critical eye to our on writing. So after you peer review your group members’ writing, go back and do the peer review on yourself. You’ll be amazed at the progress / revisions you can make!

Just like before, Peer Review will be happening in Perusall. I have created “Assignments” for each of the first drafts, so go to the two essays you are assigned to, and complete the work from there.

There is also a new “folder” in the Perusall Library, entitled “Student Work: Final Reflection First Drafts” (look within the “Unit 4″ folder).

As always, you can view all submitted first drafts, but you are each only responsible for peer-reviewing two projects (see below for your assigned groups).

*Note: If you did not submit a first draft by the deadline (W 12/14 by 12pm), you will not get the benefit of peer review. However, you are still part of a peer review group, and are responsible for reading and commenting on your two assigned essays. Peer Review groups are listed below.

[Submitted Unit 4: Final Reflection first drafts, which will be peer-reviewed]

Brent

The following students should peer-review Brent’s Final Reflection:

  • Brianna S.
  • Jiacheng
  • Lizbeth
  • Pedro

Indira

The following students should peer-review Indira’s Final Reflection:

  • Lizbeth
  • Jasper
  • Jayleen
  • Patricia

Jasper

The following students should peer-review Jasper’s Final Reflection:

  • Indira
  • Lizbeth
  • Mozeer
  • Rubi

Jayleen

The following students should peer-review Jayleen’s Final Reflection:

  • Jiacheng
  • Brent
  • Brandon
  • Karen

Jiacheng

The following students should peer-review Jiacheng’s Final Reflection:

  • Brandon
  • Indira
  • Pedro
  • Doriani
  • Rubi

Lizbeth

The following students should peer-review Lizbeth’s Final Reflection:

  • Mozeer
  • Jasper
  • Jayleen
  • Karen
  • Rubi

Mozeer

The following students should peer-review Mozeer’s Final Reflection:

  • Brianna S.
  • Brent
  • Doriani
  • Karen
  • Patricia