Q Welcome to your final peer review! In this peer review, you will read and respond to one classmate's reflective essay draft, using posted questions as your guide to response. LEARNING GOALS: By participating in this peer review, you will: • Use peer review as a writing process activity • Practice writing a peer review letter TASK: To participate in this peer review, please do the following: 1. First, read the Writing Portfolio instructions and this unit's Writing Processes mini-lecture. 2. Compose a rough draft of your reflective essay, and post it to this discussion as an attachment. In the body of your post, briefly describe your reflective essay, and give your peer reviewer 3-5 specific items you would like feedback on. 3. After posting your draft, select one classmate to provide a peer review. Read that classmate's draft, and then compose a letter in which you respond to the following prompts, as well as to your classmate's individual questions. Your letter should be about 300-500 words long, and should fully address each response question, including your classmate's individual questions. Post your responses as a reply to your classmate's post. Reflective Essay Peer Review Response Questions 1. What approach has the writer taken to the reflective essay? What appears to be the writer's purpose or goal? 2. What works in this reflective essay rough draft? What aspects of the essay are most successful or effective, and why? 3. What is your overall impression? What message or effect do you come away with? 4. What specific aspects of writing does the essay discuss? 5. To what extent does the writer refer specifically to aspects of the class, either activities and assignments, or the writer's own writing? If the writer has not made such connections, where could the writer do so? 6. What surprised you about this reflective essay? What did you learn? 7. What other specific suggestions to expansion, enhancement, or improvement can you offer? Be sure to also respond to the particular questions posed by your teammate. GRADING: Please see the rubric for this assignment to see how your participation will be graded. REMINDERS: Your initial post of your draft is due by Wednesday, 11:59pm (Central). Your response is due Friday, 11:59pm (Central). For a possibility of full credit, you must post a full reply. See the rubric for this assignment for specific criteria on how you will be graded.
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