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Assignment Two Peer Editing Guidelines
Interview and Analysis

Spend 40 minutes reading another group's report. Answer the following questions about the project on the back of the last page of the report. To begin, read through the paper once marking anything that gets your attention, whether because of an error or because it makes a particularly strong point.

1. Topic—After reading through the report, state the topic in your own words. What is the most memorable detail in the report? Answer these two questions without looking back at the report.

2. Organization—Now, looking back at the report, write a brief outline of the overall project. How might the group make this organization clearer to the reader? Does the paper include:

   • background research about the job in question?
   • a clear overview of the interview?
   • an analysis of the interview?
   • an assessment of the function of writing in the interviewee's job
   • an analysis of a writing sample from that job (if available)?
   • an overall assessment of the demands of the job?

   Indicate any of these items 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. Indicate any evidence in the paper that requires more interpretation. Look over the list of references and mark any that require more information—i. e. website authors, years of publication or access, etc.

4. Introduction—In a report that gathers so many different sorts of information together, the introduction plays a very important role: it explains what the reader should expect, explains the importance of the topic in question, and ties the whole report together. Does the introduction make you want to read further? Why or why not? Explain how the introduction could do a better job of accomplishing the above three goals.

5. 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.

6. Questions—Write three questions you have in response to this paper.

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