22 Peer Reviewing // Due the week of Feb. 24, 2015

Hi Everyone!

Today, your rough draft should definitely be on Google Drive (if it's not on by Feb. 18th, it is half-off).

You'll want it to be there so that your classmates can peer review your writing! This means that they will read through your essay and make comments as to what is good or what could be improved.

So that is your homework everybody:

Write (Monday: 15) (Tuesday: 12) comments** total, spread out between all of your classmate's papers. Because your classmates are relying on you to be a good peer reviewer, I will be grading this assignment quite harshly—be sure to sign each comment with your name, and follow the following guidelines very closely :)

• PEER REVIEW GUIDELINES:
• Finish each comment with your name at the end.
• Look for big picture suggestions
• Organization: Does it follow the organization we learned in class? Is it missing certain pieces?
• Evidence: Is there enough good evidence about each reason? What specific evidence would you like to see?
• Relevance: Is everything on topic an useful for defending the thesis?
• Language: Is the language varied, with good vocabulary, metaphors, imagery, etc?
• Formatting: Is there a title? Is it double spaced, Times New Roman, 12 Pt font? 
• Don't worry about little picture suggestions
• Grammar
• Spelling
• Typos
• BE SPECIFIC and KIND!
• GOOD:
• "I would like to know more about the international space station that you bring up—I don't really know what that is. —Bob"
• "I like how your attention grabber is really tragic and moving—that's a tough goal to achieve. —Sally"
• "I notice that you don't have your sources cited within your paper. Remember to put parenthesis with the source number after each fact. —John" 
• BAD:
• "Nice intro! —George" (Not specific enough)
• "This paragraph needs more information. —Louis" (Not specific enough)
• "This part is boring. —Ronda" (Not specific or nicely put)

**To write a comment on Google Drive: 

1. Select a word or phrase of the paper.
2. Right click on that word or phrase.
3. Go down the menu that appears and click on "comment."
4. Write a comment in the bubble that appears in the right side of the screen.
5. Press "Comment" when you are done to save your comment.