Peer Review Example
- Due No Due Date
- Points 50
This is a Peer Review assignment to help you prepare for you Midterm Paper. It is worth 50 points total.
To complete this assignment
- Submit a rough draft of your Midterm Paper to this assignment by: __<date>__
- Once you have submitted your paper you will be assigned TWO peer reviews of other students' papers---Peer reviews will be available starting on: __<date>__
- Complete your peer reviews keeping the following in mind:
- Always point out strengths as well as elements that need more work
- Try to attend to larger issues first (audience, purpose, organization, detail, etc.). Talk about sentences, word choices, punctuation only later in the peer-review process.
- Be specific. Point to particular places in the paper where revision will be helpful.
- Don't hesitate to respond as a reader, especially early in the review process, for example,
- I got confused here.
- I saw your point clearly here.
- I was convinced by your example or analogy or argument.
- If you disagree with the comments of another peer reviewer, say so. Not all readers react the same ways, and divergent points of view can help writers see options for revising.
- What is the strength of this paper? Why will it receive an A from the instructor?
- What is the weakness of this paper? Why will it receive any grade other than an A?
- Make comments in a spirit of helpfulness. Take comments in a spirit of helpfulness. *
- Peer reviews are due: __<date>__ (when the assignment is due)
Need Help?: This Canvas guide Links to an external site. will show you how to access your assigned peer reviews and how to upload your peer review document under "Add Assignment Comment" at the bottom of the guide.
*Part of this section was taken from: Kiefer, Kate. (1998). Using Student Peer Review. Writing@CSU Links to an external site..