For Session 19, you will read and offer critique for submissions of the whole assignment in your assigned group. The instructions are below, followed by the critique questions. (If you need to review how to do this technically on the OpenLab, see the previous video on the Peer Review process here.)

  • Find the posts of people in your workshop groups in this post: Peer Review Group Assignments: Complete Unit 2 Assignment Scroll down until you find your name. The other names in your group are the writers you will critique. Students who have posted work have live links you can click on from that list.
  • Click on each of your group members’ posts and read their submission. Because most of the entries are in pdf format, you do not have to download the file, but you might want to have pen and paper handy to take notes as you read.
  • Read the overall submission.  Be respectful as you think about each work and respond to the text being shared. You are responding to the work, not the person. This requires that you be mature and thoughtful. This peer review is to provide ideas for further development.
  • To offer your critique, click on ‘Leave a comment.” If others have already commented, you might see “1 Comment” or “2 comments,” which you can also click on to add your comment.
  • In the box that appears for your comment, respond to your peers’ posts using:

FIVE GUIDING QUESTIONS FOR PEER REVIEW

  1. What is the main question or discussion your peer considers in the introductory section?
  2. Which source entry do you find most interesting?  Write a sentence or two that considers why  this source appeals to you. Is it the content? Is it the way your peer wrote about this particular source? IMPORTANT: Do any of the sources seem questionable for inclusion in a college essay? If so, which ones?
  3. What does the concluding section add to the paper?
  4. What makes this submission seem complete or incomplete?  You should see an introduction, 3-4 source entries (4 is required for the final assignment), and concluding section.
  5. Make a comment on the title of the overall work! Does it add to what you know of the assignment? (Hint: Unit 2 Assignment is not a title.)

Remember, you are not correcting grammar. Do keep your comments appropriate to our professional college level environment.

Important Note: For attendance credit, you should comment/critique on the submissions in your group except your own before 10 am, Thursday, Nov. 5. While you can respond to the comments on your own work, this is not a requirement for attendance credit.

A second note:  at the time of writing this post, some writers have yet to upload their work. Those names does not have a live link. Check back to see if those are uploaded late.