Peer Reviewing the Intro

Hi everyone. Today's goal is to share your document with a partner. If I were you, I would only give that person commenting rights and not editing rights. The goal today is not to edit and revise your partner's work, rather to comment on her work so that she may make her own revisions.

Today, use the following outline as checklist for your peer review work:
Step 1: Formatting
1. Is the document MLA formatted?

a. Heading, font - Times New Roman, spacing- double, paragraphs indented, no quadruple spacing between paragraphs

Step 2: Introduction
1. Hook or lead in? It is not a question.
2. Background and summary information?
a. Is the short story capitalized and in quotations?
b. Is the title of the movie capitalized and underlined?
c. Is the summary enough? Could it be shortened or combined?
3. Thesis statement?
a. Does it tell what the essay will be about?
b. Does it follow the format given in class?
c. Does it mention irony and mood?
d. Does it mention a third item like symbolism, motif, etc?
e. Does it refer back to a shared theme?
4. Transition?
5. Tone? Is the student writing academic in nature?
a. no abbreviations - do not use don’t, etc.
b. author’s voice
c. no “you” - no 2nd person point of view