Peer Review Rhetorical Situation Assignment1717 unread replies.1717 replies.
Purpose of the Assignment: To learn how to generate feedback on writing. To learn how to use feedback on your writing for revision: To learn that feedback and revision are necessary for good writing. To learn how to evaluate writing as a means for improving writing knowledge.
Intended Audience: Your Classmates.
Assignment Description:
- Post an almost complete draft of your rhetorical situation assignment as a word doc. If the draft is incomplete based on the requirements below, points will be deducted. The draft must be accessible in order to receive points.
- Then use the questions (below) to do the peer review portion of the assignment for three peers.
- Your draft must be at least 3/4 complete to earn full credit for this assignment.
- In order to earn full credit, your draft must contain the Works Cited page in MLA style. The Works Cited page will contain a citation for “Backpacks vs. Briefcases” by Laura Bolin Carroll, your text, and any other class material you referenced. No outside research should be used for this assignment.
- In order to earn full credit, your draft must contain in-text citations in MLA style for sources used.
- For the peer review part of the assignment: return to your classmates’ drafts and provide feedback to three classmates by Monday night. This will give your classmates time to apply your suggestions before the final draft is due.
- Reviewing your peers’ drafts accounts makes up the majority of the grade for this assignment. The grade for this assignment is primarily based on the quality of your answers to the peer review questions. Do not use AI or another source other than yourself to generate the feedback, and make sure the feedback is consistent with the assignment expectations and requirements. While rare, it must be said that evidence of AI-generated feedback in the form of feedback that is inconsistent with the lesson and assignment will result in a 0 for the peer review assignment.
- Cut and paste the questions and answers into the response box.
Peer Review Questions
- Does the draft have a clear thesis statement that addresses the rhetorical situation of a particular text? Is this statement the last sentence of the introduction? Please make suggestions for improving and shaping this statement or set of statements. Write down some ideas for your classmate to consider.
- Does the draft have at least a paragraph each addressing the text’s rhetor(s), exigence, audience, and constraints using several examples and evidence from a) the text they’re analyzing and b) the readings in the course? Make suggestions for improving the development or clarity of these ideas, and/or point out where your classmate should give an example from their text or from “Backpacks vs. Briefcases.”
- Where can the author expand their ideas and how can they do that?
- What ideas need more detail or evidence?
- What ideas or elements of the rhetorical situation need more explanation?
- What other suggestions can you make for improving the draft?
- What did you find most valuable about the draft? What did it do well and why?
- What would you address first? Why?
Evaluation Method
20 points: You posted a draft that met the requirements above of your paper as a word doc by the deadline and you responded to at least three different students using all of the peer review discussion questions above. Your answers to these questions were thorough, and you provided your classmates with formative feedback they could use to move their ideas and writing forward. You offered students suggestions and avoided yes or no answers to the questions. The feedback was accurate. You referenced and/or quoted specific parts of the paper for each piece of feedback offered.
15 Points: You did not post a draft of your paper (or a draft that met the requirements above) but you responded to three of your classmates using the peer review questions above. Your answers to these questions were thorough, and you provided your classmates with formative feedback they could use to move their ideas and writing forward. You offered students suggestions and avoided yes or no answers to the questions.
12 points: You posted a draft that met the requirements, but you did not respond to three classmates. You only responded to two classmates using the questions above. Your answer to the question was thorough, and you provided your classmates with formative feedback they could use to move their ideas and writing forward. You offered students suggestions and avoided yes or no answers to the questions.
9 points: You posted a draft that met the requirements, but you did not respond to three classmates. You only responded to one classmate using the questions above. Your answer to the question was thorough, and you provided your classmates with formative feedback they could use to move their ideas and writing forward. You offered students suggestions and avoided yes or no answers to the questions.
5 Points: You only posted a draft of your paper and did not respond to any of your classmates.
No points: You didn’t post or respond to your classmates.
