1. Why is it important to have someone read my essay?
Peer Review
Why is it important to have someone read my essay?

2.
John Green is da bomb! He is a fabulous author who wrote some books you may be familiar with, does The Fault in Our Stars sound familiar? Or perhaps Paper Towns?
He has some solid commentary on typos and writing errors that is both funny and helpful. Check out the link for inspiration!

3. People either love it or hate it…
Peer review is one of the most loved and most hated features of college writing classes. Here are some reasons some people love it:
they learn a great deal about their writing
they get good feedback
they are able to improve their papers dramatically
And some reasons other people hate it:
the reviewer doesn’t offer constructive criticism (just says things like “great job!”)
they want only the instructor’s opinion
they don’t want other people to see their work before it’s “finished”

4. How do we give good feedback?
Has anyone had a person review their essay and just write “good job!” and draw a little smiley face? Yes? What it helpful? Did it make your essay better? No!
Our goal is to give constructive feedback. It is ok to say your partner did a good job on their essay, but it is important to go beyond that level of commentary. We want to say, “you did a good job, but let me help you make it better.”
When you give lots of good feedback on a peer review you are sending a message to your partner. You are saying “I care about your success in this class and I want to help you get an awesome grade!”
When you give little or no feedback you are also sending a message to your partner, but that message is a sad one. You are saying “I couldn’t care less about your success in this class. I hope you fail (insert evil laugh here).”
Nobody wants to be that guy. Don’t make me call Liam Neeson. Give good feedback!

5. What are we looking for?
A clear description of how the CDC website uses ethos, pathos, and logos
Clear definitions of the rhetorical terms (ex: ethos is the perceived credibility of the speaker, pathos is the emotional appeal to the audience, and logos is the logical appeal to the reader)
Clear logical connections between points
Support provided in each body paragraph
Follow the outline posted on the weebly site (wortley105.weebly.com) for structure and organization help.
This video shows clear, logical connects surrounding the process of shaving a mustache. Notice how the video shows ethos (the guy has a mustache, so he must know things about mustaches), pathos (there are emotions associated with the process of shaving the mustache and he tries to get the audience to feel things, too), and logos (there is a logical progression of events in how to shave a mustache).

6. Comment like there is no tomorrow…
Don’t just write “yes” or “no” in answer to the questions on the peer review sheet, the more you write, the better your partner’s paper will be. Help each other out. Be incredibly thorough.

7. The end result?
In order to revise successfully, you must be able to read work objectively. The more you practice reading and critiquing someone else’s work, the stronger your editing skills will be when it’s time to apply them to your own work.
Annnnndddd… higher grades