Learning Outcome 4: 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.
This learning outcome is focused on the ability to critically read a peer’s project and make constructive suggestions for change, in addition to the ability to evaluate one’s own work and identify opportunities for specific improvement. In the paragraphs that follow, I will describe my peer editing process using perspectives (ideas, claims) and the explanation of text’s relationship to them. In addition to local editing with signal phrases and in text citations, I also followed the writer’s thesis to the conclusion.
Introduction: I was very happy to review my partners paper. There were little to no mistakes in the way she connected and used her story to get the readers attention. When reviewing it is important to realize that everyone is a unique writer and to have an open mind. It is also important to take whatever criticism and use it to make your style even better. When reading this it was very much a different style from my own but I all and all enjoyed it. Below is my critiques and understanding of my partners work and how I would write or do it.
A clear example of the global revision is in my second to last comment when I point out her unclear transition and when it takes place. Just to help the over all flow of the essay. On the local level I noticed that a paragraph had been written of all citations and none of her own thoughts.
Accepting criticism is a very important part in being any type of writer. Whether you are sharing facts or stories there is always something you can do better to make the reading better. When reading the criticism I received, I understood what she was saying and I will apply it when completing my final paper. Below is the comments and critiques my partner gave me and what she would do.
In the third comment my partner left for me she suggested that my quote did not fit. She felt it was just kind of plopped in without having any real connection back to the claim. On a sentence level she pointed out that I still had a “self note” telling me that I needed to add another quote to make things make sense for the reasoning that had been written after.
