Q PEER REVIEW WORKSHEET Please note--you need to upload a rough draft of your essay by tonight, Monday, 3/21! Peer reviews will be due by Wednesday night. Rough draft points are based on effort measured by page count: 6 pages=100 5=95 4=85 3=75 2=50 (because you already wrote two at least pages for the limited time writing) Please respond directly on to your classmate’s essay. Please be KIND, thorough, and helpful. That is, try to be as helpful as you would like someone to be for your essay. Please label your comments with the letters below (Introduction a, b, c, etc.). Each person in the group should review just one body paragraph. Introduction: a. Does the writer grab your attention with the introduction? Why or why not? b. Does the introduction follow the introduction format in the prompt (lead or general intro followed by background, prep for thesis, and thesis)? c. Does the thesis focus on one topic and issue and does give an opinion about what the piece means (an interpretation)? Does it follow the model I suggested? (I’m recommending that you use the author and title to help you stay focused on presenting an idea about the story). Thesis statement: Focus on an Element of fiction (character, setting, etc) + Topic/important issue + Your idea about what the story says about it Thesis statement: Through its contrasting river and shore scenes, Twain’s Huckleberry Finn suggests that American individualism calls for us to leave ‘civilized’ society and go back to nature. Body Paragraphs: a. Does the paragraph begin with a topic sentence with just one topic and one point about it? (This is the Point of your PIE paragraph.) b. Does the writer introduce each quotation with a lead-in phrase? A lead-in phrase introduces the reader to the quote and identifies who is speaking and why the writer is giving the quote (that is, what is the idea and or literary element (diction, tone, metaphor, setting, etc.) that will be discussed? c. Are textual examples (direct quotations) used effectively in places that strengthen the analysis or interpretation of the essay? (This is the Information of your PIE paragraph d. Does the writer then EXPLAIN that evidence and how it helps prove the point made in the topic sentence? Try to help the writer come up with ways to make the analysis as detailed as possible. What words, phrases, and details are important? Why? Does the writer show and prove their point in a detailed manner? How can they make it better? e. Paragraph focus: Are all the sentences in each body paragraph related to the point expressed in the topic sentence? Are there any places where unrelated ideas seem to come into any paragraphs? PreviousNext