JINS 319 Peer Reading Assignment
A printed copy of your peer review is due to the professor by
Wednesday, September 16. A copy in some form should also be given to the
student whose paper you are reviewing.
You will read and offer feedback to two of your classmates on their
papers. Your peer feedback will probably be about
1 to 2 pages long. Your peer review will be evaluated and that evaluation will
affect your peer reading grade in the class.
In your peer review you should address all of the following issues.
You do not need to answer every question, but you should provide
feedback in each of these areas:
- Holistic evaluation: How effective did you find this paper,
overall? (Is it an A paper, do you think?) What made it work/not work
for you? What is its greatest strength? Its most damaging weakness?
- Development of ideas: Did the writer adequately develop the
topic throughout the paper? Did he/she provide appropriate levels of
detail and support? Did the paper move easily back and forth between
levels of abstraction and specificity? What questions did you have as
a reader that were left unanswered?
Did the writer show a good grasp of the material presented? Are there
any places in the text where the presentation is unclear, confusing,
self-contradictory? (Where?) Did the writer show critical thinking in
his/her evaluation of the reading? Did the writer have any
original insights into the questions being presented?
- Organization: Was the organization of this paper clear,
overall? Did you ever feel "lost" as you read? (Where?)
Did the writer provide adequate transitions between different parts of
the paper? Are there any places where you would want to see a smoother
transition? (Where?)
- Language use: Did the writer show skill in using language?
Are there any sentences which are awkward and/or ambiguous? (Which
ones?) Was the word choice appropriate (and varied)? Was there any
unnecessary repetition and/or wordiness? Was the language appropriate
for a formal, academic paper?