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RESEARCH PAPER: FINAL PEER REVIEW

Working in groups of three, you will read, mark, and write an actual paragraph about both of your partner's papers. If a group of four is required, establish who is reading whose papers so that everyone in the group gets two sets of feedback.

THE NOTE

You will need to write a full paragraph of at least five sentences commenting on the paper. Your notes should address the following:

• Restate the topic of the paper and the point the paper is trying to prove about the topic in your own words. Then indicate where you think this information is most clearly presented in the paper and if they need to make the point they are trying to prove clearer in the beginning of the paper.
• Comment on if the paper feels like an argument or a purely informational essay. If the paper is purely informational or leans away from being an argument, please tell the writer and offer suggestions on how to tweak key passages to use the information presented to support individual claims that support the overall thesis.
• Discuss the author's ability to document sources:
  • Does every quote have a signal phrase (correctly punctuated), the quote, the citation, and discussion?
  • Do the internal/parenthetical citations follow the proper MLA format and connect back to items on the works cited page?
  • Is the works cited page formated correctly (alphabetical, the right types of citations for the sources, titles capitalized correctly and marked correctly with either quotation marks for articles/individual pages on a web site and italics for books, databases, films, and journal/magazine titles)?
  • Do they have enough sources and a variety of types of sources? If they have copied their annotated bibliography, remind them they only should have the MLA citations on the works cited page.
• How effective is the paper overall? Comment on the best parts of the paper in terms of your interest, effective analysis, powerful writing, etc. Then discuss areas you think need improvement and offer some specific suggestions.

MARKING THE TEXT

As you read the text, make sure you mark the following:

• Please write "Read by _____" with your name at the top.
• Offer complements when they have a solid thesis, clear plan of development, a strong transition, good uses of quotes/quotes mechanics, and effective analysis.
• Point out formating issues.
• Point out if they need to lengthen the or shorten the paper.
• If a section lacks evidence, is not clear, or might be misplaced in the paper, say something.

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