Peer Review.

Peer Review Guidelines For essay #1, you are each responsible for completing one review for a peer. You must give the author the Review, as described below. By reviewing peer work, you will learn to give constructive criticism, learn to receive feedback, and develop your ability to pay attention to detail (Brown 2017, 193). For your review, complete a Writer’s Checklist and write responses to the following points. Write a paragraph with complete sentences for each of the numbered items below. Please refer to Brown’s Appendix (2017:193-196) for elaboration on each point: 4. Does the writer use appropriate citations, quoting, and paraphrasing? 5. Comment on which sentence-level concerns you see most frequently causing trouble. Name the top three issues. 6. Address any concerns or questions the writer raised in their cover letter that you have not yet discussed. Provide the writer with a summary of what you believe the paper is about. Be sure to include what you believe the main idea is. Attend first to the broad, higher-order concerns. Phrase your responses to the writer as “I” statements – rather than telling the writer what to do, give them a sense of what you are experiencing as a reader. The writer’s job is then to figure out what to do. Look for anthropology-specific issues in the writing. See pp. 194-196 for questions specific to different types of papers (for this essay, focus on the points relevant to a research paper). What is the main idea? What do you think is the strongest part of the draft? Is there enough evidence? Can you follow the line of development? Do any parts seem extraneous or confusing? Provide the writer with a summary of what you believe the paper is about. Be sure to include what you believe the main idea is.
Attend first to the broad, higher-order concerns. Phrase your responses to the writer as “I” statements – rather than telling the writer what to do, give them a sense of what you are experiencing as a reader. The writer’s job is then to figure out what to do.
Look for anthropology-specific issues in the writing. See pp. 194-196 for questions specific to different types of papers (for this essay, focus on the points relevant to a research paper).