Hi Class,

Please post your drafts of your Essay 1 to this CATEGORY: Essay 1 Draft.

After you post, then answer these PEER REVIEW questions in a COMMENT right under the essay you select to review. PLEASE DON’T BEGIN TO PEER REVIEW UNTIL I HAVE GONE OVER THE DIRECTIONS ON MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY (March 1, 3).

DIRECTIONS: First copy and paste these questions in a COMMENT under the essay you have selected. Second, answer each question as completely and helpfully as possible. Make sure to review a draft that has less than two reviews. If it has two reviews, then select another one.

Please note: I will GRADE your peer review. If you answer all seven questions in a caring, supportive manner,  you will get all ten points (please proofread with care). Important: Do not correct grammar mistakes. Instead, suggest that when the student revises the essay he or she should work on comma rules or capitalization or spelling or varying verbs, etc (see below #7).

QUESTIONS:

1–Is the title of the article, the source, and the full author’s name provided in the first or second sentence? Be specific if something is missing.

2–Does the student define the author’s Intellectual Home and their own?

3–Does the student explore a brief personal educational experience?

4–Are the thesis and method clear?

5–Copy and paste your two favorite sentences from the students essay. Then explain why you like them. Sample explanation: not only is this an example of the college sentence, this sentence highlights an important turning point that you experienced in high school in a very clear way–I get it completely.

6–Copy and paste two sentences that are confusing. Then explain what is confusing about them. Sample explanation: you may have mixed up the terms Intellectual Home and Personal Anecdote, please check to make sure you have the right term for a brief account of your best exam experience ever.

7–Make two concrete suggestions. Sample suggestion: expand the description of your room because that is where all your studying takes place–what is on the desk that makes you calm? Sample suggestion: instead of using the verb “like” three time in the first paragraph, consider different varying the idea by using “love” as in “I love my old computer…”  Sample suggestion: when you revise your essay, change the lower case “i” to “I”–Prof. Scanlan will definitely say something about that. Sample suggestion: I suggest revising the thesis into the “While X, I think Y” format instead of writing two short sentences.

PEER REVIEWS ARE DUE: FRIDAY, MARCH 5 BY 5PM

 

FINAL DRAFT IS DUE MONDAY, MARCH 8 BY 10AM–ON BLACKBOARD

Best,

Prof. Scanlan