Stage V Peer Review Q's

My cat, grading YOUR papers :-)

You know the drill! Here are the questions I'll be asking myself while grading your papers. Won't it be helpful if your peers ask themselves these questions, too, while peer reviewing yours?

1. What research question are they setting out to answer here, and how does it connect to the discourse of writing studies? Why is this question one worth exploring?

2. How did the author go about conducting their research? What methodology did they use? Is it clearly illustrated? How does it connect to their research question?

3. What original claim is the author making? How do they support this claim with evidence? How is it related to the existing research?

4. Here's the big Q -- so what? What does this investigation mean? To whom? What might we do with it? Are these questions answered within the context of the paper?

5. How does the author go about giving proper credit to their sources? Do they incorporate a works cited page for both primary and secondary sources? Do they use parenthetical citations when paraphrasing/quoting?

Peer review responses due Thursday/Friday of this week. 1/2 page typed, double spaced for each partner. Bring 2 copies -- one for me, one for your partner.