Peer review assignment
This is the information for the peer review Writing Assignment #4: Peer Review
Writing Assignment #4 will be a peer review of another student’s personal research narrative.
You will include two documents when you submit the assignment. You will submit the
following:
your fellow student’s essay that you reviewed
your essay that you have written as a peer review of your fellow student’s essay
Issues to Consider When Writing Your Peer Review
In writing the peer review, please read the paper carefully and write an essay with your review of
the paper.
Please do not simply answer a list of questions about the paper. Write your review in essay
form, with an introductory paragraph, body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph.
Listed below are some questions you should consider when writing your peer review. Again,
these are questions you should consider. When writing your review, you will not simply write
answers to these questions. You will write an essay.
1. Does the essay have a strong introductory paragraph and a clear thesis statement?
2. Is the student’s research journey apparent when reading the personal research narrative?
3. Is the reader clear about what he or she already knew about the subject before
researching?
4. Does the paper integrate the strategies mentioned by Bergmann?
o Does the student describe steps he or she took while researching? Note how the
essay from Bergmann does this on page 162. Does the student take this
approach?
o Bergmann says, “Although the personal research narrative does not take the form
of an argument, often an argument underlies it or emerges from it” (p. 160). Can
you see the underlying argument the writer is making in the paper?
o Bergmann says on page 161 that “transitions and cues to your purpose and to your
response to sources are particularly important for your readers…” (p. 161). Does
the writer incorporate transitions and cues in this manner?
5. Does each paragraph begin a new topic, perhaps a new topic in the research journey?
6. Are any terms in need of clarification or definition? In other words, as a reader, did you
need clarification or definition of any terms or concepts in the essay?
Length:
Your essay should be 800-1100 words in length
