Humanity has inherited a trait that exhibits self-ambition and a bigoted personality. Thus, explaining why it is very difficult to express and receive criticism from our loved ones, peers, and colleagues. The human nature is about knowing it all and always having the upper-hand at any given circumstances or arguments. A peer review on an essay is an example of how challenging providing constructive criticism can be on someone else’s form of writing. Criticizing the way an individual has executed a form of writing can be challenging yet a learning experience.
The privilege to be able to effectively criticize one of my peer’s written work was indeed very demanding. People have their own choice of style in writing aside from a personal stand point of writing. There were many components that were asked in order to effectively provide a constructive critique on my peer’s essay. Conducting a critique another person work as easy as I expected it to be. Also, the assignment require specific guidelines to review every aspect of my peer’s essay. However, the guidelines and requirements were presented in order and in a very cohesive form to follow. Not only did the instructions and worksheet provided guidance in
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At a glance, providing criticism on someone else’s paper can be a somewhat intimidating if there is not structure of what to look for in the essay. However, the Peer Review Worksheet was a tremendous help in effectively critiquing my peer’s essay. The worksheet was well organized and targeted every area to critique in the essay. This made the progress to be easier and allow me to look for specific things in my peer’s essay. Even though I was hesitant to complete the assignment at first, the help provided through the worksheet help me feel confident in criticizing my peer’s
In the article of Daniel Richards, the author mentions about in-class peer review. Daniel shows the readers about two types of students who were facing the in-class peer review. One student acts very nervous and he is scared about being shamed if he read his draft in front of his classmates. Other student acts like very confident about his writing and be ready to show his classmates how good he is in writing. In-class peer review exists some social factor about feeling. It may get hurts, the emotion of your classmates and your teacher, feeling shamed when your classmates rate your draft bad. However, the feedback from your peers will motivate your writing somehow. You will know which your weak side and strong side are, then you use it in order
Opinions. One quote I disagreed with was, “It seems to me that middle-class culture, and schooling gratuitously and foolishly rob children of the pleasures of the physical and intellectual work of learning generally and writing in particular” (21). This is invalid. Not everyone grows up around writing, and reading. Sometimes reading and writing isn’t fun for everyone. It can be boring, or even hard to follow. Reading and writing are a choice, not a requirement. Following onto that quote was one of my favorite quotations by Savannah which stated, “I despaired of becoming a writer whenever a grade or comment even hinted I had not learned and meticulously followed all the rules of spelling, punctuation, and grammar” (3). I do agree with this quote because criticism does break down one’s integrity, and devotion to their work to keep on going. If there is continuous negative feedback given, then it prevents writers from continuing on. I have always struggled as a writer, and I do not appreciate receiving negative criticism. However; when I was younger, my parents had always told me that “criticism is the key to success”. In order to succeed, one must fail as an individual to set higher goals, and actions
Receiving the opportunity to check one of my completed compositions created leverage to strengthen elements of my oeuvre. This reflection consists of a process of dissection, scrutiny, and close reassessment. As a writer in the editing and revision stage, I examined particular features throughout my essay including background information about the topic, credible evidence to support overall claims, and grammar and sentence structure.
Several people have trouble writing college level essays and believe that they are unable to improve their writing skills. In “the Inspired Writer vs. The Real Writer,” Sarah Allen argues how no one is born naturally good at writing. Sarah Allen also states how even professional writers have trouble with the task of writing. Others, such as Lennie Irvin, agree. In Irvin’s article “What is ‘Academic’ Writing?” states how there are misconceptions about writing. Furthermore, Mike Bunn’s article “How to Read Like a Writer” shows ways on how one can improve their writing skills. Allen, Bunn, and Irvin are correct to say how no one is born naturally good writers. Now that we know this, we should find ways to help improve our writing skills, and
In Holistic Versus Trait-Specific Evaluation, the author claims that the best person to professionally judge a writer's work, is the person writing them self. They can look at their own writing by using what's provided after the reading, they're called "self-talk" rubrics, used as guides for talking to one self about their own writing. The self guide offers statements for talking to one self ,for one's writing. The author argues that students have to learn how to talk to themselves in a way that their professor do, when grading the student's papers. If a student understands what their professor is looking for, then the student will increase their chances at success. The author uses the Olympic games as an excellent example to show how working
My form and structure are not always the best. In one of our more challenging essays, the Rhetorical Analysis Essay my form and structure weren’t as strong as they should be. As stated before, I made the mistake of not staying focused on the rhetorical elements of my topic and venturing my own personal opinion in the essay, which crowded and weakened my form and structure. Continuing with Murray’s path, the development of my essays is based on the rubric. I always seek to include information that the rubric is essentially telling me to include, but sometimes I fall short of developing my thoughts enough. The dimension of my essays also has inconsistencies. I tend to have a problem of expanding into great detail on one point of my essay leaving another point barely expanded upon leaving my essay disproportionate. Finally, the last thing writer’s look for in their essay is their own voice. Thomas Osborne in Late Nights, Last Rites, and the Rain-Slick Road to Self Destruction states “I strive for a good grade, and will work as hard as possible to achieve one, but there is a voice in the back of my head that is effectively scoffing at the ridiculousness of some assignments and expectations that I have had to complete and live up to.” My voice sometimes gets lost in assigned essays when I try to fulfill certain standards that are put upon me. Thomas and I both struggle with writing what we need to write in order to achieve the grade
When it came time to meet with Dr. Amy Pardo for an individual meeting, we sat and mapped out the plan for the semester in English Composition II. Before enrolling into English Composition II, it was scared because it might have ended up being like English Composition I where the professor expressed that I did not write very well. After writing a paper for Dr. Pardo and receiving her critique back on it, she said the writing skills were excellent, but work needs to be done to a few things. During the individual meeting, we figured out work need to be done as far as grammar, punctuation, and structure, but the critical thinking and sentence formation are excellent. By evaluating the summary, rhetorical analysis, critique, and research paper, the strengths and weaknesses vary throughout all of the essays.
Meanwhile, English 1101 did not consist only of constructing academic papers. In class, we also were required to analyze another student piece to add our own thoughts into their writing in where they can improve. This skill I learned from Rhetorical Reading Response and Peer Revision. Rhetorical Reading Response focused more on the evaluation of the material we analyze to support the author's claim. On the contrary, Peer Reviews furthered my ability on giving constructive criticism on another student piece. By giving constructive criticism, it helped me in the analytical
Gradually through the whole semester, Peer Review sessions became a great and positive influence on my writing. It is very helpful to have two people with different views on writing read and critique my paper, and give me feedback on what they think I should improve or correct. We didn’t change peer review groups and I was very delighted because I have gotten a chance to see my group members grow as a writer. When it’s time to revise my paper before I turn it in for a grade, it is very helpful to have some options on what to exactly revise in my paper. For example, in my comparative analysis essay, both of my peer reviewers wrote that my introduction was not effective and i...
Writing a reflective essay is a useful way of offering insightful feedback, but writing a review about someone else’s work is difficult and it’s something I dislike. Criticizing a person’s work gives me an uneasy feeling because I can understand and sympathize with their work struggles. Some people would consider it a silly sentiment, but this kind of criticism tugs at my heart strings, therefore I’ll do my best to offer an adequate critique of Jose Perez’s speech.
Before this semester I never understood exactly what a reflective essay was. Now I do, it is just simply writing what an individual thinks and observes from their experiences. Having a better understanding of reflective essays has given me the opportunity to reflect on what I have learned or experienced. I have shown this by writing the different journals throughout this English class. In this course we have read many great examples of reflective writing, Andrew Sullivan’s “What Is a Homosexual?” is a great example of a reflective essay. I believe that reflective essays are a great way for others to show how they feel about something they experienced.
In final analysis, my writing has greatly improved during this semester, and having looked at the area's I most need to work on has given me an awareness of what my weaknesses are. Examining what I have learned and what I need to learn allows me to generate a strategy to fortify my writing skills. Critiquing my own work has given me insight into how my writing is progressing in this class and allowed me to see short comings I had missed previously. Self-evaluation is a helpful tool for anyone who wants to continue to learn what areas they can improve upon and how much progress they are making. I believe those who appraise their own work will have a better understanding of their strengths and weaknesses then those who do not evaluate themselves.
Moreover in the specific essay it is going to be a critical evaluation
Writing a college essay can be a difficult process for many students. It takes time, thought, strategy, writing ability, and comprehension. After reading the peer review paper, it appears that it takes all of those things, as well as compassion, to read a student’s paper. In reading the peer review paper, the author of this paper wondered if English was the student’s second language. Students whose primary language is not English will often transfer their writing abilities and strategies to their second language (Kroll, 1990).
In order to effectively critique an academic article, one must learn to effectively read and describe an academic article first. In order to understand an academic article well enough to be able to effectively critique it, the article must be read carefully, slowly, deeply and repeatedly. One should take time to reread any sections of an article that are unclear to them. Additionally, one must make sure they are really understanding the article and the implications of the article. One should also be taking note of any questions or doubts that one has about the article—this will help with the upcoming critique.