Alison McGrath
ENC 2135
The assigned reading portrays the idea of putting more effort into responding, peer revision, and the paper you're revising. The author wants the reader to not just look over the paper, but to fix the paper.
1) When reviewing a paper, I always glance through quickly once, to get an idea of the writing, as suggested in "Really Responding." I also try not to focus solely on one area, and try to help with revisions throughout the piece.
2) A new piece of advice I can take away from this chapter is not to leave short comments. In the past I have left small little comments, as to not offend the writer. Yet, as pointed out in the chapter, it's about responding to the writing, giving back constructive criticism so that the writer excels. Longer comments are better, because they actually help the writer, while little comments do little to get the writer to fix their work.
3) Peer revision in the past has not always been the most helpful, due to the lack of authentic comments. Usually, when peer reviewing many focus on grammar, or other easy things to fix (myself included). Sometimes it helps, but most often it hasn't, and i think that's because of the way we were originally taught to peer review.
ENC 2135
The assigned reading portrays the idea of putting more effort into responding, peer revision, and the paper you're revising. The author wants the reader to not just look over the paper, but to fix the paper.
1) When reviewing a paper, I always glance through quickly once, to get an idea of the writing, as suggested in "Really Responding." I also try not to focus solely on one area, and try to help with revisions throughout the piece.
2) A new piece of advice I can take away from this chapter is not to leave short comments. In the past I have left small little comments, as to not offend the writer. Yet, as pointed out in the chapter, it's about responding to the writing, giving back constructive criticism so that the writer excels. Longer comments are better, because they actually help the writer, while little comments do little to get the writer to fix their work.
3) Peer revision in the past has not always been the most helpful, due to the lack of authentic comments. Usually, when peer reviewing many focus on grammar, or other easy things to fix (myself included). Sometimes it helps, but most often it hasn't, and i think that's because of the way we were originally taught to peer review.
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