…that’s right, Peer Workshop day!
* You are NOT your peer’s copy editor; don’t worry about sentence-level “error” or grammatical “mistakes”. You are not expected to be an expert on mechanics and style of English writing. Neither is your buddy
*You ARE your peer’s reader – and as a reader you can certainly call your peer’s attention to moments where you are confused, entertained, wanting more detail, missing the point, etc.
*You ARE your peer’s colleague in a sense. You are working together to collaborate on how to build better, clearer writing. That being said, be helpful, not critical. Be supportive, but not patronizing. Above all – DO NOT be lazy. The comment “I like this intro, Bro,” is really nice, but also generic and disengaged. Be specific, substantive, and reflective. I promise this will pay off in the quality of feedback your own writing receives!
*This is a social activity! Feel free to dialogue on, discuss, and have fun with your ideas about one another’s work!
Now, here’s what you need to do:
*Read the RQ II drafts of at least three buddies. You MUST address the following questions/notes:
1) What is the thesis? Does this thesis make a clear argument or lay out a relationship between primary sources, social construction, a public issue/identity? What is the argument, exactly?
2)What are the writer’s primary sources and how are they using them in their argument?
3)How is the writer using or planning to use direct quotations from their secondary sources? Do the sources and quotations make sense? Are the sources well-integrated?
4)Check the entire essay/outline for structure. Is there an early, thesis? Does EACH paragraph make a claim and focus on ONE claim only? Does EACH paragraph use source quotations, summary, OR/AND statistics as evidence to support the claim? And does EACH paragraph explain HOW and WHY that evidence “proves” the overall argument of the essay?
5)Finally, look at the RQ II prompt to which your peer is responding. Is the prompt fully addressed through the writing? What could be added, cut, re-structured to help answer the assignment or clarify the ideas?
Submit your notes for each peer to your buddies and to Canvas by Midnight! 😀
English 104 