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Peer Response

Peer Response. Benefits of Peer Response. Allows you to receive feedback from multiple sources Increases your ability to evaluate your own writing Teaches close/critical reading skills. General Questions. Does it meet the requirements of the assignment?

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Peer Response

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  1. Peer Response

  2. Benefits of Peer Response • Allows you to receive feedback from multiple sources • Increases your ability to evaluate your own writing • Teaches close/critical reading skills

  3. General Questions • Does it meet the requirements of the assignment? • Does it provide a strong argument based on a clear thesis? • Does it stay on topic or does it stray at places?

  4. What makes a helpful comment? • Honest but not harsh • Specific and not general • Focus on main ideas and clarity of the paper as a whole instead of minor points of grammar or editing

  5. Example of honest but not harsh • Instead of: I like this or this was a good way to put this • Try: I really liked your introductory paragraph but I’m not sure if it transitions well into your second paragraph. You might want find another way to start your 2nd paragraph.

  6. Example of specific and not general • Instead of: This seems out of place or I don’t get this • Try: You could move the end of this paragraph to page three where you discuss the other reasons why your attempt to persaude failed

  7. In other words, ask Why? • You should always be answering a why question in your responses • If you think something does or doesn’t work, you should provide a reason or an example of why this is the case

  8. Ask the writer questions • Asking the writer questions will keep you focused on the why and keep your commentary specific • This will also allow you to be honest and not harsh, because you can direct criticism at the piece without directly attacking it

  9. Some Strategies for Asking Questions • Mark the text if you ever get confused, then ask the writer: • Ask the writer to explain his/her ideas • Ask the writer to fill in a blank, i.e. my purpose in this section is ________ or this relates to the rest of my paper because _________

  10. Ask the writer So What? questions • If you cannot decide why something is in the paper, consider asking the following: • What does this sentence have to do with your thesis? • What does this point have to do with this paragraph? • What does this paragraph have to do with the rest of the paper?

  11. Make sure your responses are connected to the paper • Always make sure your responses refer to the paper in the context of the assignment and the paper’s thesis • Try not to say how you would do something but instead try to imagine how the writer could improve within the framework of the paper itself

  12. Applying Peer Response to Your Own Paper • Look over your group’s comments and questions and find ways to apply their suggestions or answer their questions • Moreover, try to apply the techniques of peer response when editing your own paper. Ask the same sorts of questions and apply the same criteria

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