Transcript Peer Response Intro PPT

aka Peer Review
aka Peer Editing
• Peer response is when students of the same level read each
other’s papers and give feedback on them.
• The idea is that students in a class are at about the same level
have received the same lessons, and they have the same
assignment, so they should be able to give each other good
information.
• In this class, and in most classes, your teacher will give you a
guide to follow.
• The guide is called a peer response form. It has you look for
specific things within a paper.
• The first reason is that through reading other students’ papers,
you’ll be exposed to new ways of thinking and writing.
• This might help you, on the current essay or in the future,
advance your skills (in all areas: writing, vocabulary, grammar,
reading.)
• Another reason peer response is an advantage for students is
that when you leave the session, you have feedback about your
paper.
• Feedback from another person is helpful – you can go home,
read through their ideas, and decide which ones will help you
as you revise your paper.
• Finally, as you go through the process of peer response, as a
responder, you are training yourself as a writer.
• You are building habits of looking for important elements of an
essay (thesis, focus, unity, paragraphing, etc.).
• As those habits become stronger, you will automatically apply
them to your own writing.
• You are not copy editors. This means you don’t want to, and
should not, attempt to correct every mistake you see in your
peer’s writing.
• Follow the guide – those are the only elements you’re looking
for.
• Remember that we are all human and we make mistakes. Most
people feel sensitive about their writing. So take care when
shaping your comments – remember you’re talking to a
classmate who worked hard for that draft.
• Finally, you are allowed to be judicious about which comments
you incorporate your paper and which you don’t. You aren’t
required to change everything your peers comment on. They
might have different opinions from you and/or from each other.
It’s your paper – you have the power to choose what goes in it.
The peer response is meant to help, not to force.