Peer review

Name of Reviewer: _______________________________________________________

Name of essay’s author: ___________________________________________________

Directions: First, take turns reading your own essays out-loud. Though you will not want to do it, I recommend you read slowly and clearly—keep a pen handy to note awkward words or phrases. Next, exchange essays within your group so that everyone has a copy of everyone else’s. Read each person’s essay carefully, and then write thoughtful responses to the prompts below. You must provide suggestions and examples to most of these questions. When you have finished, give the peer review sheet back to your peers and take turns discussing each essay. At the end of this process, every student should have completed two peer reviews.

When you revise your essay, use these sheets for ideas and inspiration, but please don’t take every comment to heart. If in doubt about some advice someone gives you, get another opinion. J

Turn in these peer review sheets stapled to your essay Thursday.

1.      (Unity) Underline one sentence that captures the heart of the essay (thesis) and write it below. What more do you want to know about this statement?

 

 

2.      (Invention) Star and underline one sentence in the essay you’d like to hear more about OR that needs supported. Explain.

 

 

 

3.      (Support) Comment on how well the writer uses support sources. Remember, the concept is to make a topic more relatable using strong support. Provide two suggestions and explain why.

 

 

 

 

4.      Structure/Unity) Does each paragraph cover ONE KEY IDEA that the rest of the paragraph works to describe and support? Do any paragraphs seem conspicuously short (underdeveloped) or too long (too many ideas)? # the paragraphs and use specifics in your answer.

 

 

5.       (MLA/Source)

A.     Are signal phrases used to make it clear when your peer is discussing someone else’s ideas?

 

B. Does your peer say the name of the writer and title so the reader understands who is quoted and why?

 

 

C. Does your peer bracket the writer’s words in quotes and use a parenthetical citation (if applicable)?

 

 

 

D. Do you think there is enough of a bridge between your peer’s idea/words and sources? Explain.  

 

 

 

6.      (Clarity) Do the writer’s sentences use active verbs? Are there any wordy phrases or strange grammatical choices? Underline two sentences you think could be revised.

 

 

 

7.      Does the writer avoid repetition? If a word, phrase or sentence is too often repeated, write it down below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank your peer for sharing and move on. J