Peer Review 9.17

Overall, we are here to focus on issues of clarity—on a sentence level, sure, but more importantly, on a narrative level.  You are not expected to proofread your peers’ essays. Keep your oral comments general in nature.  If you note an awkward sentence, write AWK in the margins and continue to read along.  

As a group of three, decide who wants to go first.  This writer will read his or her essay aloud. Readers: make notes as this person reads.  This way, you will have plenty to say (and to point to) when it's time for discussion.  The writer should feel free to add any comments as these issues are discussed, but be sure to note that anything you say can and probably should be included in your essay.

1. Readers: take turns talking about what details/scenes/paragraphs catch your interest the most? In other words, what aspects of the essay are working really well?

 2. Readers: talk about areas where you were intrigued by certain aspects of the story, but feel there could have been more clarity?   

 3.  Readers: What's going on with the title?  Is there a title?  What about the first paragraph? Does it get your attention?  Are the details specific?  Do you feel like another paragraph might be a better opening?

 4.  Readers: What about the ending paragraph?  Is there an adequate ending? Does the last paragraph feel like a proper closer?

 5.  Writers:  Read the concern, or question that you had at the beginning of class. Then, well, seek advice for this and other things, as needed.