10.30 Peer review

Peer review.  In class today you did your peer reviews.  We talked about how the first time around the object was just to get used to the system - and make sure everyone was positive and supportive.  If you posted your peer review, you got full credit.  The protocol and the groups are posted on the previous blog.  

What to post for your peer reviews: This time, as you compose your peer review feedback for members of your group, continue the positive supportive tone established in the first set of peer reviews, but also work on making sure that you provide constructive feedback to support the author in writing a stronger paper.  I will be looking to see how well you respond to your authors, whether you identify the most important revisions the author needs to work on (for example, genre issues are most important = writing to the assignment; then focus, organization, and development).

The format for your peer reviews is your choice.  In general, it is useful to begin with what is working, and then moved to suggestions to strengthen the essay.  Be sure the author knows which particular section of the paper you are referring to (the introduction, a particular paragraph, the first example, etc).

From what I could here of the work in your groups - you did a great job on this!

Assignments for the poetry unit.
Here is the list of what to include in your portfolio for the poetry unit (posted 10.23).   In addition to the below list, I will look for the final draft= the essay you want me to grade.  This will include changes made after the peer review and will be posted by Nov 3.

line by line analysis (10.8)
writing about poem choice (10.20)
brainstorming for essay (10.23
rough draft (10.27)
final draft for peer review (10.30)
peer review feedback (10.30 in-lass writing, posted on peer review page)
Final draft (Nov 3)

The poetry unit writing is due Monday, Nov 3, by the beginning of class.  I will do my best to have the comments back by the following Thursday, if not then, by Monday, Nov. 10.

What we are doing for the rest of the term
The "final" calendar is posted (to the right), though we may be making changes to it as we go along, so be sure to check the blog.

For next class:
Read: Chapter 16 on reading plays, and as much of Othello as you can get through.   Plan to have the whole play read and to have spent some time thinking about it by class Thursday.   On Monday, we will talk over any problems, confusions you had reading the play, identify some key (famous) scenes/quotes, and work out the overall arc of the story.
Write: Peer reviews for your group; final revised essay for poetry unit.

Happy Halloween!