Assignments

Peer Review Guidelines
Interview Analysis

Read through the draft of another group's analysis and recommend changes based on the following criteria.

  1. Topic--Without looking back at the paper, explain the topic in your own words. What is the most important information the group has gained from the interview and analysis?

  2. Organization--No, looking back at the paper, write a brief outline of the overall paper. How might the group make this organization clearer to the reader? Does the paper include:

    Indicate any of these that are missing or incomplete.

  3. Evidence--Arguments about the interview and the writing sample require evidence to support them. Indicate any points in this paper that need more support. Also, indicate any evidence in the paper that requires more interpretation.

  4. Conclusion--The concluding paragraph should look forward to wider applications of this information while providing a brief wrap-up of everything the paper has addressed. Explain how this group's conclusion could be more effective.

  5. Questions--Write three questions you have in response to this paper.

Sign your name on each draft that you peer-review.

It should take a minimum of 30 minutes to peer-review each draft.


John D. Schwetman, Composition 3160, Fall 1999