PEER REVIEW FOR PAPER #1
Your Name: __________________________ Writer of Paper: __________________________________
Get into groups of three. Exchange papers. At the top of your partner's paper, please write "Read by _______" and put your name in the blank. Read and mark the paper for strengths, weaknesses, errors, and areas that need clarification. Then answer the following questions:
1. Format: Please put a "yes" or "no" next to each item to indicate if the writer followed format.
| Has page numbers with last name on every page | The Margins are 1" top. bottom, left, right. | ||
| Use Times New Roman 12pt font | The works cited page starts at the top of a new page. | ||
| Title is centered, properly capitalized, and NOT underlined, bolded, quoted, italicized or enlarged. | Each item on the works cited page uses a hanging indent. | ||
| Information block has proper information and has only single-spaced blank lines between each item. | Works cited entries are arranged alphabetically and NOT numbered. | ||
| Spacing above and below title is one single-spaced blank line only each. | Works Cited Page has a page number. | ||
| There are no extra gaps between paragraphs. | The Works Cited title is centered, properly capitalized, and NOT underlined, bolded, quoted, italicized or enlarged. |
2. What is the subject of this paper? What specific interpretation is the author offering for the text or texts in the subject? Is there a clear thesis or only a clear subject?
3. . For each body paragraph, indicate the following in the margin of the body paragraph or in the paragraph itself:
- The central topic of the paragraph.
- The claim made in the paragraph.
- The relationship between the paragraph's claim and the overall thesis of the paper.
- The word or phrase that creates the transition at the start of the paragraph.
- The major evidence of the paragraph
- An evaluation of the analysis of the evidence: does the writer discuss each piece of evidence in the paragraph sufficiently?
- Verifies that the end of each paragraph does not start the next paragraph.
- Comments on any improvements that need to be made to the paragraph.
4.Verify that each quotation has a signal phrase, a quotation marked by quotation marks, a properly located and punctuated citation, and discussion. If a quote has all four parts, write "verified" next to it. If not, write "needs ___" and indicate what is missing from the quotation.
5. Write a paragraph-long note that outlines the major strengths of the paper and what changes should be made to the content and organization to improve it.