{"id":33451,"date":"2023-09-11T14:14:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T14:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/unit-essay-peer-review-comment-on-two-of-your-peers-critical-responses-from-week-2\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T14:14:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T14:14:07","slug":"unit-essay-peer-review-comment-on-two-of-your-peers-critical-responses-from-week-2","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/unit-essay-peer-review-comment-on-two-of-your-peers-critical-responses-from-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit Essay Peer Review: Comment on two of your peers\u2019 critical responses from week 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Unit Essay Peer Review Requirements:<\/span><\/u><\/b><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 12pt; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 12pt; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Your peer essay review is an annotated draft and response letter.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span>\u2019<\/span><\/u><\/b><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">s<br \/>\nin a peer review?&nbsp;<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1. You<br \/>\nshould read your partner<\/span><\/b><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span>\u2019<\/span><\/b><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">s work three times. First, read it all<br \/>\nthe way through without stopping to get the overall effect. Did it make sense?<br \/>\nCould you follow their logic?&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">2.&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><b style=\"color: inherit; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">For<br \/>\nthe second time around, mark up the essay as you go, editing it in a Word doc.<br \/>\nMake comments on their reasoning, examples, syntax (the way the sentences are<br \/>\nformed). Are they too cluttered? Too bare? Do they need more details? Does the<br \/>\norganization make sense?&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">3.&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><b style=\"color: inherit; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Lastly,<br \/>\nread through one more time, picking up anything you might have missed. In your<br \/>\nletter, tell the writer what<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: inherit; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; cursor: auto;\"><\/span><b style=\"color: inherit; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span>\u2019<\/span><\/b><b style=\"color: inherit; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">s working well and what needs<br \/>\nimprovement. Be constructive in your criticism, aiming to make the essay the<br \/>\nbest version of itself it can be. Remove personal taste and opinion from the<br \/>\nequation. Make sure you use the vocabulary and concepts from relevant lessons.<br \/>\nAre they applying what we\u2019ve learned?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">4.<\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><b style=\"color: inherit; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A comment should be at least three sentences, and should include what<br \/>\nyou learned from their response, whether you agree\/disagree and why, further<br \/>\nquestions on their perspective, or your own thoughts on an idea they shared.<br \/>\nKeep it focused on the week\u2019s topic and be specific.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unit Essay Peer Review Requirements: Your peer essay review is an annotated draft and response letter.&nbsp; What\u2019s in a peer review?&nbsp; &nbsp; 1. You should read your partner\u2019s work three times. First, read it all the way through without stopping to get the overall effect. Did it make sense? Could you follow their logic?&nbsp; 2.&nbsp;For [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[186],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/33451"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/33451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=33451"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=33451"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=33451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}