Peer Review Of My Writing

The improvements that I need to make are simple. Learning how to properly cite a source in an essay and citing it at the end. The right punctuation is something I need to be careful with and I need to work on. I feel that’s what I need to worry about the most. I also often get stuck and thoughts are often blank. I hate when I write and I lose my thoughts and become stuck.

Improvement to my grammar is the second area I’ve developed in this course. “It’s the little things that matter”, said by many people, and the way this relates to my second reasoning is due to the fact little grammatical errors matter too. When writing papers, I learned the skill to reread my sentences repeatedly, and see if it sounds right as an overall sentence. This skill, not only helped improve my writing, but also my texting. Improving my grammar is also useful when creating a resume, and applying for jobs and even scholarships. Overall, it is a skill I am pleased I learned to develop, and hope it improves even more over time.

Without having someone else to look over your work, it is hard to realize what you are doing wrong. When someone else reads your paper, especially having not read it before, they can easily identify your mistakes, whether it be punctuation or spelling errors. I strongly believe that when peer review is taken advantage of and used correctly, peer reviews are extremely helpful, but, unfortunately not everyone takes it serious and gives you the feedback that can really help you fix your essay.

Learning how to develop an outline before starting my essay is probably the biggest help. At the beginning, I thought you just start writing. I did not know to start with an outline. The outline helps me get my thoughts organized. I thought completing an outline would be redundant. Furthermore, the outline alone has improved my confidence.

From grade school english courses to English Composition I, I have learned something new every year. However, some mistakes that I have made in my writing, I did not realize they were mistakes until my current English course. I soon learned that the mistakes I made in previous

In it I argued that college education is not the key factor of success. In the introduction paragraph I could already see improvement as my attention getter was more interesting, I wrote “ With the rise of the internet and more freedom people today have countless possibilities to achieve their life goals”. Although it could be improved its clearly much better from the first essay. Furthermore, going into the body paragraphs my research was poor and it could not effectively support my claims. However, for these mistakes you can clearly see my analysis skills go up as I did go more in depth in each paragraph and tried to properly argue in favor of the

I found the comments from Josh and the two peer reviews extremely helpful in this writing process. When I submitted my initial topic (the California drought), Josh made it very clear that it was too broad, and suggested I focus on a particular area and a particular crop. He later mentioned specific issues to discuss, such as if grapes are particularly water intensive and therefore more prone to the effects of the drought. Throughout the peer review process, there were three main suggestions that were brought to my attention. The first was to reorder several of my paragraphs to allow for better flow. When I went back and reread my paper, it became clear to me that the reviewer was correct in this assertion, and I accordingly made a change. The other reviewer was more concerned with some of the convoluted phrases I used and also said that my topic and concluding sentences were not as strong as they could be. She highlighted the certain places in which I needed to fix these issues, which I greatly appreciated. With regards to the phrasings, I found that in many cases my wording could be simplified. However, some of them seemed like more personal choices on her behalf, and those were left unchanged. As far as starting and concluding my paragraphs goes, I saw that at times my topic

The first thing I noticed was that the first sentence starts off with a strong hook which is the question. The question helps guide the rest of the paper and is very helpful. The thesis is clear and easy to find whereas in the previous draft it was not easy to locate. The points that will be talked about were talked about in the intro so we know what to look for in the paper. The word choice throughout the whole paper is much stronger and really caries the paper. Another thing that they changed was the transition words. They don’t use the same words over and over and that is important because then we don’t get that lost whereas before they used the same transition words and it got boring. The concluding sentence in the first paragraph is strong and has everything that is needed to end the paragraph. The information that is in the paragraphs match the quotes that follow it. Then the information in each paragraph balances it out and goes well together. As we saw before that did not happen and it made the article hard to follow. The revised article is easy to follow because the little things were changed. They fixed many of the run-on sentences and made them stronger so it was actually a sentence. The conclusion is also just as strong as the first paragraph. That is extremely important because then the whole essay sounds good and together. The revised version is much better and many of the things that needed to be fixed got fixed which then tied everything

I saw how simple errors can vastly adjust a person’s opinion about a topic, therefore I will work harder to catch these errors before I turn in a draft. I also learned how crucial thoroughly explaining the aspects that I bring up in my paper are. I have not seen the final copies of our class’s papers, however I heard from the conferences that we missed some items that needed to be better explained. We thought that since some of the drafts did not have enough pictures, that the pictures they would add would help the reader to understand what they were trying to say. Similarly to my last reflection, I still believe that people learn to be exceptional writers by learning the mechanics, reading eloquent works, and revising their own papers. I will continue to develop my papers and hope that the editing process has helped with

These revisions reflect my growth and development as a write because there is a large improvement from the first rough draft to the final. I also found that through the peer review process, I noticed myself making some of the mistakes that I saw in other people’s papers. It is easier to find flaws in other students’ work than your own, so in a way peer reviews helped strengthen my own

The writring has gotten very easier for me. These assignment has made me aware is many mistakes I have made in my writing. After all the assignment I have notice thing that I didn’t notice at first like the run-on, conjunctions, and many more. My confidence level is very high. I’m so sure of myself to where I can teach others what have been taught to me.

I love your idea about the gallery activity as I think there is great benefit to peer review in writing. I found some great resources that gave some great insights to this type of activity. I learned that peer reviewing can be so much more than just looking for spelling errors or grammar errors. Peer reviewing can help students’ learn how to read carefully, with attention to the details of a piece of writing (their own or others), learn how to strengthen their writing by taking into account the responses of actual and anticipated readers, make the transition from writing primarily for themselves or for an instructor to writing for a broader audience, learn how to formulate and communicate constructive feedback on a peer’s work, and learn

Writing essays can be difficult when I don 't outline or brainstorm, instead I free write by typing what I am thinking. It would be useful to write an outline because sometimes while I’m typing I forget what I’m thinking. Brainstorming would help write essays faster and easier because the essay is there, just need to be explained and add points to the main topics. Some sentences of an essays may feel as if it’s incomplete and needs more detail to understand a sentence. In my “Perfect” essay, I could have written more, but I didn 't know what else to write. I felt as if I kept repeating myself and brainstorming would have been helpful.

No matter if we're attending online or traditional classes, plagiarism is always going to be an issue. Don't despair though, continue to be diligent and bring it to the attention of instructors, PAs (Program Advisors), etc. My wife works in traditional education, and the problems exist there as well. Yes, the issue potentially diminishes the reputation of our school if not for peer reviewers such as us. I've been at UoPeople for three years and have caught plagiarism myself. Sometimes it's a situation of education, and other times is pure dishonesty. In many ways, the peer review experience is enlightening since I better understand the pains instructors endure. From a different perspective, we learn from our peers. Also, imagine an absence

Writing has never been my strengths, but this semester I believe I have been on the path to becoming a successful writer. The rubrics provided helped a great deal as they lay out the path for me on exactly what the essay needs. Not to mention many peer reviews we did that helped me with not only with my grammatical errors, but also the tips to strengthen my essay. It was helpful having my peers evaluate my paper, and give me feedback on what they think I should fix. For example, in my Rhetorical essay, my peer reviewer wrote that my conclusion was not powerful and it lacked the main argument. Having this peer review not only helped in improving my overall essay, but also gave me an idea on what to pay more attention to in my next essay. Furthermore, I was delighted that we changed peer review groups because not all peer review groups were effective for me. Some individuals did not complete the task of reviewing.