Slides for Day 5 in CREM EWRT 1A

1. CREM EWRT 1A
Day 5
Peer Review Workshop
Brainstorm for Paper 2

2. AGENDA
 Writing Workshop: You should have
two clean copies of your complete
draft. (One can be electronic).
 Marking your draft
 Peer commenting, Round 1
 Peer commenting, Round 2
 Revision strategies: Participation points (25)
depend on your active participation in the
peer review session.
 Submission Requirements: submitting
through TurnItIn on Canvas.
 Brainstorm and discussion for Paper 2

3. Preparation for Peer Review
1. Everyone should have two copies of their
draft. (One can be electronic).
2. Everyone will receive a copy of the peer
review worksheet.
3. If you don’t have at least one hard copy
of your essay (and access to one
electronic copy), please go and make
one. Hopefully, there will be a space for
you when you return.

4. 1. Your MLA formatted header (with page number) and heading.
2. Your original title.
3. One example of a sensory description that is NOT based on sight.
4. One example of figurative language.
5. Any dialogue that you include.
6. The paragraphs where you discuss how the event changed you or your
worldview.
7. Mark any other section that you would like your reviewer to notice or
comment on.
8. Near the end of your essay, ask one question you have about your
draft.
Mark the following parts of one hard copy of your
essay, using brackets to designate the beginning and
ending of each section:

5. This session is geared toward revision—not editing. While you
may circle errors you notice in the text, refrain from making
editing suggestions, that is spelling, grammar, and word choice
suggestions.
Your job as a reader is to answer the questions on the handout.
These questions will help you help the writer to improve the
paper in terms of organization, content, integrating quotations,
and MLA style.
If you don’t know the answer to a question, ask me. I will be
happy to help you.
This is not an editing exercise;
it is a revision process.

6. Follow the directions on the handout. Respond to
each prompt carefully and completely.
A good critical reading does three things: It lets the writer know how the reader
understands the point of the essay, praises what works best, and indicates
where the draft could be improved.
Summarize: Tell the writer what you understand the paper to be about.
Praise: Give an example from the essay where the event and its
significance come across effectively.
Critique: Tell the writer where more information about the event or its
significance is needed.

7. Writing Workshop:
The Process
How to start:
• Get into pairs.
• Exchange papers so that readers can
follow along.
• Each person will read his or her essay
aloud. EVERYONE SHOULD FINISH
READING BEFORE ANYONE BEGINS
RESPONDING.
• Readers will follow along as the
writer presents his or her work;
readers may circle obvious errors.
• If you cannot decide reading order,
the youngest reads first.
When you are done:
1. Return both the paper and your
notes to the author.
2. When everyone in your pair is done
responding, ask and answer
questions together.
3. When you’ve finished your
worksheet, bring it up and show
me.
4. Work on your own paper until we
end the writing workshop.

8.  Take a break after writing your draft.
 Do a spellcheck of your second draft. You should revise your
paper in terms of misspelled words, typos, and accidental
word repetitions; Look for punctuation errors.
 Do a grammar check. Grammatical mistakes are far less
obvious than spelling errors. Correct run-on sentences,
fragments, faulty parallelisms, problems with noun-verb
agreement, dangling participles, improper usage of passive
voice, and so on.
Preparing the Final Draft
(Due Friday, Jan 26, at noon on Canvas)

9.  Next, check the technical aspects. This includes the
formatting style.
 Read the whole piece of writing once again. Since it is
the last time you will read through it with an intention to
make corrections, be extra-attentive and check every
detail in the text. Evaluate the structure of your essay,
the way your paragraphs are organized. Check for weak
transitions between paragraphs, grammar, stylistics,
syntax, and punctuation one last time.
Preparing the Final Draft (cont.)

10. Submit your essay through Turnitin on
Canvas by noon on Friday, January 26
 Submit your essay as a
.pdf or Microsoft Word
.doc or .docx format
 If you use Google Drive,
simply download your
document as a Word doc
or as a pdf.
1. Go to Canvas
2. Click on “Assignments”
3. Go to the Paper Group of assignments
4. Click on the appropriate essay: “Paper 1”
5. Scroll to the bottom of the assignment and you will see the picture below

11. Paper 1 Rubric
(also available at the
bottom of the P1
assignment on
Canvas).

12. Brainstorming for Paper 2
Work on the worksheet in small groups.
Then we’ll talk a bit about it in the full discussion.

13. Homework
 Paper 1 final draft is due on Canvas
by noon on Friday, January 26.
 Homework for Monday, January 29:
 Read Parable, Chs. 9-11
 Complete Discussion 6 (essentially
post your answers from today’s
brainstorming).
 I am moving Discussion 7 to next
Wednesday (despite what it says on
the syllabus).
 Participation for today:
 I will take care of the peer review
participation.
 2 points for small group discussion.