I think peer review is something I will definitely need to practice more in order to get better at it. When I was reviewing, I noticed big things that needed to be changed throughout the entire essay. I did not want to keep highlighting every sentence and giving suggestions on how to fix it because I was afraid I would come across as rude. I think as I work on peer review I will become more comfortable with sharing my advice without feeling guilty for it, after all it could improve the person’s essay. I was also nervous that I would make corrections to something that the person would not agree with. However, reflecting back I should have just included those corrections anyway, because if the person does not want to listen to them then they do not have to.

I did not receive many corrections on my essay, which actually made me nervous as well. I received a couple grammatical corrections which were helpful because they were little things that I simply read over. However, there were some things in my essay that I was unsure about and I would have liked to receive specific review on them. Next time, I will highlight these parts before sharing my essay and ask my peers ahead of time to give me feedback on them. I did not use a thesis in my essay, nor did I reference any of the sources. My essay was entirely just my opinion and my experience with the topic, but now as I am reflecting back, I think I should have at least included information about the sources. Overall, I have learned that I should highlight specific information that I have questions about and let my peers know ahead of time.