Outcome 4 (Peer Review) – Be able to critique their own and others’ work by emphasizing global revision early in the writing process and local revision later in the process.

Over the course of this semester I can confidently say that I have become more confident in my peer review work. As we workshopped in class and looked at specific elements of paragraphs, introductions, and conclusions, I began to understand what to look for in my peer’s work, and what questions to ask to help them extend on their own ideas and explanations. An example of me using questions to guide my peer’s writing extension comes from our second essay.

The first 2 comments made by me on this page are examples of questions I asked my peer about their writing to help encourage an expansion of their thoughts, because I knew that there was still more for them to uncover. I also made comments on the quality of my peer’s explanation after a quote, and suggested that they include more of their own voice, which after being stressed heavily in our classroom discussions, made it an easy thing to pick out. When evaluating my own work, I made the same discoveries in that I sometimes lacked my own voice and perspective. So as I read others work, it helped me better reflect on my own work. I think I have become aware of the importance and reason for peer review, as I used to not like doing it because I always felt like I did not get back the quality of review that I gave. This class though changed my mindset by the 2nd essay, as I saw real college level feedback on my pieces.