For my peer review partners, I reviewed Ashley’s paper and Abby reviewed mine. We followed the same peer review guidelines that were given to us for the previous projects. This was helpful in the sense that I could make sure I had all of the necessary parts, and if not, I could see what parts needed to be added. I could also see which parts needed more elaboration or things missing. I know I need more feedback with tying my…
I think the method of self critiquing was helpful because I feel like I was given a guideline to follow. When I was writing my own draft, I didn’t feel like I knew how to set it up. I have been so used to the typical introduction, 3 body paragraphs, and conclusion format, but I didn’t feel like that fit with this essay. I just wrote it trying my best to follow that format. However, when I reviewed my draft,…
In my first draft, I was given two surface-level changes to make. However, I only followed one of them because I did not agree with the other one. The surface-level change I followed was to add a word to my sentence to better help the flow. I did not receive any global changes, however, I think there were some that could have been changed. I did not include a thesis statement, nor did I include the typical introduction, body paragraphs,…
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…
