discussion 4

LIT 500 Module Four Peer Review Rubric

This assignment will allow you to review the critical elements of your peers’ work and apply the knowledge you have gained in this course. The peer review is beneficial for both the reviewer and the creator of the paper. It will allow you to thoroughly examine another’s work and will help you develop your critical eye, which you can then apply to your own paper. This will also help the author by providing additional feedback before the final submission. By Thursday at 11:59 p.m. of your local time zone, post an excerpt from your proposal that is due later in the module. This will get you thinking about the proposal early and will allow you to incorporate some feedback before the submission of the proposal. In your responses to your peer review group mates, consider the following:

 Critique their project strategies.

 Offer suggestions regarding project resources.

 Offer suggestions regarding analytical strategies.

 What elements or themes should the writer focus on as he or she compares the chosen theoretical perspective and its impact on the literary work under consideration?

 Analyze each peer review group member’s excerpt and comment on whether it relates to course concepts, terminology, and theories.

 Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the excerpt and provide suggestions for improvements. Since you are reading the same novel, offer suggestions for specific scenes or passages in the novel that might work well for the author’s analysis.

Note that you are required to review the work of all your peer review group members. As the author of the rough draft, remember the following:

 Read the review carefully, avoiding any desire to defend your choices.

 If you are unclear on what the reviewer means, ask him or her to clarify.

 If you have any questions after reading the review, feel free to pose them to the peer who composed them.

 Take special note of repeated commentary on the same issue (grammar, citations, and so on). This may signify an area for improvement.

 Thank the reviewer for the feedback. If some commentary was especially helpful, that is useful information for the reviewer.

 Remember, it is your work. You are the ultimate decision maker on what goes into it. You do not have to accept any of the suggestions for improvement if you do not want to. However, at the same time, do not just dismiss suggestions out of hand.

 Accept that negative feedback comes with the territory. Your job is not to make everyone happy but to make your work the best that it can be.

Rubric

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Submission Submits an excerpt of the proposal to be reviewed by the peer review group members on or before Thursday at 11:59 p.m. of your local time zone

Does not submit an excerpt of the proposal to be reviewed by the peer review group members on or before Thursday at 11:59 p.m. of your local time zone

20

Evaluation: Basic Review

Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides concrete examples on how the paper topic relates to course concepts and draws on this knowledge

Review of excerpt relates paper topic to course concepts, theories, and terminology

Review contains gaps in relating paper topic to course concepts and terminology

Does not relate paper topic to course concepts, theories, and terminology

35

Evaluation: Strengths and Weaknesses

Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides specific scenes or examples from the novel that might work well for the classmate’s analysis

Provides clear evaluation of the work’s strengths and weaknesses with suggestions of improvement for the final submission

Provides an evaluation of the work’s strengths and weaknesses but offers no suggestions of improvement for final submission

Provides no evaluation of the work’s strengths and weaknesses

35

Writing Mechanics

No errors related to organization, grammar, and style

Minor errors related to organization, grammar, and style

Some errors related to organization, grammar, and style

Major errors related to organization, grammar, and style

10

Earned Total 100%