Peer review

Dr. Archibald’s ENGL 110

Peer Editing Process: The 3Research Project

Reviewers name: Andrew wheeler

Paper author’s name: Pasha Ransford  


Has the writer written a research paper . . .

[medium]
    that joins a conversation (where there is a controversy), that listens to others who have been talking about the topic (old and new docs & sources), and then posits a unique idea(s) in an effort to extend the discussion?
x Or, is the paper substantially a report (a "data-dump") of what others have said?
__Or, is it an extended opinion piece that gives no support for the writer's ideas?
__Or, is it merely plagiarized? (this item trumps everything else and results in an "F" in the course.
Comment: never really begins arguing. Continue to strengthen  the idea that people use insider trading through accounts of people who got caught

[opening & introduction]
__that contains an opening to the paper that hooks the reader and introduces the writer and his/her purpose for writing the essay? Is there a forecast of what the paper will contain?
Comment: he has an attention grabbing intro but his paper does not really have an argument for him to forecast

[use of research question & thesis]
__where they employ their research question that then is answered in a thesis and set forward in the paper?
Comment: starts of 2nd paragraph with somewhat of an argument but never gives both sides and never gives his opinion

[use of sources]
_X_where the writer introduce his/her sources, summarize, paraphrase, and/or quote them, and then provide a comment for each one that advances their thesis?

[paragraph construction]
__that contains an argument that flows--claim, support, result?
Comment:  no real argument

[conclusion]
__that contains a conclusion that works to sum up or extend the ideas of the paper?
Comment: extends his summary very well but lacks like said before the arugment part

[works cited and in-text citations]
__that contains well integrated sources, a Works Cited page, and In-text citations conform to the MLA format?
Comment: nothing posted

[sentence-level rhetoric]
_X_where the writer has edited the paper carefully for grammatical and punctuation errors?
Comment: paper is well written but small errors need fixing





Dr. Archibald’s ENGL 110

Peer Editing Process: The 3Research Project

Reviewers name: Andrew wheeler

Paper author’s name: Sammy Testa 


Has the writer written a research paper . . .

[medium]
  X   that joins a conversation (where there is a controversy), that listens to others who have been talking about the topic (old and new docs & sources), and then posits a unique idea(s) in an effort to extend the discussion?
  Or, is the paper substantially a report (a "data-dump") of what others have said?
__Or, is it an extended opinion piece that gives no support for the writer's ideas?
__Or, is it merely plagiarized? (this item trumps everything else and results in an "F" in the course.
Comment: She has a pretty strong argument about her current topic the only I would add in there is the a small connection with the older documents

[opening & introduction]
_X_that contains an opening to the paper that hooks the reader and introduces the writer and his/her purpose for writing the essay? Is there a forecast of what the paper will contain?
Comment: Your intro really was very well written. It gave the perfect description of a baseball game at Citizens Bank Park in mind June. Your forecast was pretty good it introduced your idea of the importance of  fans to the sport of baseball

[use of research question & thesis]
_X_where they employ their research question that then is answered in a thesis and set forward in the paper?
Comment: Your argument is very clear in the paper and your information to back it up is very strong throughout.

[use of sources]
_X_where the writer introduce his/her sources, summarize, paraphrase, and/or quote them, and then provide a comment for each one that advances their thesis?
She has many good quotes throughout the paper but as of right now they were not cited.

[paragraph construction]
_X_that contains an argument that flows--claim, support, result?
Comment:  Her arguments are very well written, they have strong support with quotes and other information, and she truly make a clear statement of the importance of fans.

[conclusion]
_X_that contains a conclusion that works to sum up or extend the ideas of the paper?
Comment: Summarizes everything very well. she also used that paragraph to give a little continuation in the argument so the reader would continue to think about it

[works cited and in-text citations]
_X_that contains well integrated sources, a Works Cited page, and In-text citations conform to the MLA format?
Comment: has a worked cited but in text citations have yet to be done

[sentence-level rhetoric]
_X_where the writer has edited the paper carefully for grammatical and punctuation errors?
Comment: No big errors a few small typos but nothing more