10.27 Getting ready for peer review on Thursday

We spent today reviewing the criteria for the poetry essay, outlining a list of talking points for providing peer reviews for this essay, and practicing giving feedback using the list.  We only managed to get through one essay (thanks to all who volunteered) - but I think that provides a general idea for how we will work through the essays.

For you to provide feedback to classmates in your group => you will need to read and think about the two poems they have chosen BEFORE you come to class.  The plan is that each of you will email the names and pages for the poems you have selected to your peer review group.   The groups will be the same as were established for the short story unit, and are as follows.

Peer review groups:
Jayshawn, Jeen, Melannie

Maddie, Sarah, Alycia, Melissa

Cynthia, Rute, Justin, Krysten

Julia, Zulema, Stephanie

In term of a protocol for the workshop, I suggest that you review the steps set up for the short story workshop (listed below):

Roles:
Facilitator, is the "emcee" for the group, makes sureall the points in the protocol are covered for each participant, fields questions, keeps the group on task.

Timekeeper:  makes sure the time for discussion of each piece is allocated in a way that ensures that everyone gets equal attention

Overall Protocol:
1. Facilitator and participants decide on the order.

2. Authors then present in the decided upon order.

Protocol for feedback for an individual author:
1. Author  introduces piece by stating what s/he wants feedback on.
2. Author reads his/her essay.

Readers then:
1. Comment on strengths
2. Say back the main point (thesis/focus) + name the supporting points(ask questions if necessary)
3. Talk through suggestions regarding genre (writing to the assignment); focus; organization; & development for the essay
4. Answer/ attend to the author's request for feedback.

Facilitator then asks if there are any further issues to talk about for the author, if not, move to the next speaker.

Workshop (listed below): Make sure to take notes throughout this process so that you can post complete and useful comments for each author.  Think about the kind of discussion we had in class today.  Look over today's class notes and the blog on organization to review what  kinds of comments will be most helpful in terms of genre, focus, organization, and development (points listed on the board).

Your first posts for peer review were assessed primarily in terms of going through the protocol.  For this set of peer review comments, I will be looking to see whether and what kind of constructive feedback you have provided for your peers.

Good class today, and see you on Thursday.  

For next class:

Read: Poems for classmates in your peer review group

Write: Finish Draft Poetry essay