Day 9

English 101 Summer 2010 Day 9

1. The peer review concept
   
   1. You remember more when you teach the material to others.
      
   2. You learn differently from peers than from instructors.
      
   3. Thick skin.
      
   4. Kind honesty.
      
   1. The peer review process
      
      1. In groups of four. (working in pairs)
         
      2. Number paragraphs on your essays.
         
      3. Write a question you'd like to have answered about your essay on the top of each copy.
         
      4. Exchange essays with another person in your group.
         
         1. Apologize.
            
         2. Give them permission to tear your paper apart.
            
      5. Read silently with a pen in your hand and mark it as you go.
         
      6. Complete the peer review worksheet.
         
      7. Discuss worksheet and author's question with author.
         
      8. Then, then discuss your essay with you.
         
      9. Switch partners and repeat until you've had your essay read by the entire group.
         
      10. If there's no time for the third reader, it's homework.
          
      11. Please complete one of the peer review forms for your own essay, too
          
   2. Peer Review, Review
      

   Meet tomorrow in the lab.