Peer Review Guidelines
“Educational Paradigm” Essay
The Peer Review…
• Mark one copy as “My Copy”
• At the top of “My Copy,” write the three biggest concerns
you have about this paper
• Work with a partner
• Before reading your paper, tell your partner what you are
most concerned about with this piece
• Read your paper aloud to your partner as she/he reads
the copy you brought
• Pause as needed to make corrections as you read.
• Elicit useful feedback from your editing partner (more
than “It’s good.”).
• Discuss your paper—the good, the bad, and the ugly
Reviewers…
• Be helpful!!!
– Offer more feedback than “It’s good.” or “I liked it.”
– Tell the writer what parts of the paper worked for you as a
reader.
– Tell the writer what parts could be improved to make the paper
more effective.
– Read with the writer’s three major concerns in mind. Give
feedback on those concerns.
– Mark punctuation, spelling, and typographical errors as you
read. If you aren’t sure, mark it anyway and then check the
dictionary.
– Write a note on the back of the paper that tells the writer specific
comments about the paper. If you liked it, tell the writer what
worked. If you see room for improvement, tell the writer what
needs to be improved.
Style Comments
• Tone…
– Did the writer accomplish a conversational tone?
– Did the writer use the language and sentences that were appropriate
for the tone in this paper?
• Audience…
– Did the writer acknowledge the audience?
– Did the writer seem to consider that there was an audience reading
the paper?
• Detail…
– Did the writer give you enough detail that you can share in the
experiences that she or he described?
– Can you find details that appeal to readers’ senses?
• Analysis…
– Did the writer use what happened in his or her life to really get to
the point of the essay?
Proofread for…
• Any use of the second person pronouns (the
“you” family)
• Spelling or questions on spelling
• Sentence completion
– (Fragments and Run-ons and Splices…Oh My!)
• Format
– (Heading and Spacing and Page Numbers…Oh My!)
• Typographical Errors
Post-Peer Review
• After reading your paper aloud to a classmate and editing
it as you read, conduct a Twenty-Error Error Hunt
through your paper.
– Most of us make little errors that we don’t notice
– Pay close attention to typos, punctuation (especially commas and
periods), and capitalization
– Check your own spelling (No one knows as much as you do about
your own spelling problems)
• On the back of “My Copy” evaluate your own paper:
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How did your peer reviewer see your three major concerns?
Did you get feedback that was helpful? What?
What are you still concerned with in this paper?
What is your revision plan?
Due Next Time…
• Pre-Writing
• Outline
• “My Copy”
– Twenty-Errors marked in red
– Evaluation of peer review on back
• Peer-Edited Copy
• Final Copy
• One page self-reflection on this essay