Remember, an engaged form of peer review asks you to read like a reader, not an editor or professor. Consider working in a Google Doc for ease of commenting through marginalia and end notes, and for seeing how other peers in your group respond to the same piece.
Here are the general instructions:
- Share a link or file of your essay with your group members. If you’re using a Google Doc make sure you’ve enabled sharing permissions; you can use this guide if you’re not sure how to do that.
- Don’t talk about your essays! First, read without commenting.
- Read and make marginalia using the Comments feature. Underline/highlight what you think the controlling idea is, make notes about what you think the writer’s aims are, etc.
- Complete the “Essay1 Phase 1 Peer Review” Google Form posted to Canvas. (You’ll complete one form for each essay you read.) Once you hit submit, you, me, and the writer will receive a copy of your feedback as a PDF file.
- After receiving feedback via email from your peers, read what they wrote, and discuss any questions you have together as a group. You may want to ask questions about what their comments mean, how they suggest enacting those comments, collaboratively write your way towards enacting those comments, and so on.
- After workshop, write a brief reflective note (~500 words) at the end of your draft, like a short letter to me, summarizing the feedback you were given by your peers, identifying what you prioritized for revision and why, explaining which assignment parameters you think you met and which you think you need to keep striving towards. You may also reflect on the reasoning behind the decisions you made in revising your draft for submission to me: any regrets or difficulties you dealt with, your attitude towards the assignment and feedback, any burdens of college or life that crept into your work, and so on. Include this letter as a paragraph at the end of the draft you submit to me by Friday.
