(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.
Before coming to college I actually did quite a bit of peer reviewing, my high school teacher emphasized the importance of doing it and really looking on a global revision level. Granted it may not have been quite prominent in high school but it was definitely something I was familiar with before coming to college.
In English 110, I learned about what it takes to be good at peer review and something I did not get taught in high school was the guidelines to peer review. Focusing solely on global revision helped me conceptualize my thoughts to help give good ideas and thought to my peer. The guidelines that Professor Brod went over with us were writers Voice and Perspective, which is identifying what the writers claim is and either improving upon it with advice or explaining what is working well. Next is Evidence and Textual Engagement, which is incorporation of other ideas from pieces of work. Third is proportion, which is scanning the body paragraphs and saying what needs work and what is good about it. Lastly is the requirements of the essay and the End comment which is a wrap up of everything you went over. Students who are good at peer review tend to be better essay writers because they are usually good at forming a good flow of an essay and organization. So it is important that we take peer review serious in the future because it will improve our own essays overall. Attached below are two marginal comments from my second time of peer review:
Image 1: My comment on Keysun’s 2nd essay rough draft
Image 2: My end comment on Keysun’s 2nd essay rough draft
I feel comfortable reviewing my peers essays because I know deep down I’m giving good genuine feedback. Although sometimes being critical is a hard thing to do, criticism and failure is an important not only to our essays but to life. In Image 1 and Image 2 I demonstrate skills of critiquing and I was quite harsh in the end comment mainly because Keysun had a weaker rough draft but I expressed overall he had some good points. Overall, I bettered my skills of critiquing throughout the semester and learned that being honest and analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the piece is critical to helping your peer.
Image 1: My Comment on Ashleys first essay draft
Image 2: My Comment on Ashleys first essay draft
Honestly, my first time peer reviewing went smoother than the second and third time. I think it was mainly because I took more seriously and I really enjoyed the prompt that was given for this one. My first comment was specific and gave helpful feedback for Ashleys paper, the prompt was To what degree is social media influencing our society, and she kind of got off track and talked about iPhones and iMessage and although it relates to social media it differed from the prompt as well as her thesis so I helped steer her in the write direction. The second, I commented on how she did a great job of bringing in both sides of argument as well as personal experience. I think it is very important to tell the reader what works well not just saying what doesn’t.
Image 1: Jaelyn comment on my 3rd essay draft.
Jaelyn helped my essay here because I had not thought of adding in a personal experience here and it flowed perfectly with this body paragraph and my thesis. The highlighted piece attached above is what I added to the body paragraph. This really took my essay to the next level adding in personal experience and goes to show how important peer review is.
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