HW#2

Rough Draft Peer Review Worksheet Name of Author: Name of Critic (you): Time started: Time completed:

Problem:

1. What about this problem is interesting or engaging to you? What groups of people do you imagine are most affected by or concerned with this issue? What, if anything, could the author do to make the topic more engaging, more interesting, more focused?

Disciplines:

2. Can you identify any other disciplines (labor studies, gender studies, political science, education, global affairs, etc) that might be included in this problem?

Company/Organization/Body affected by this problem:

3. Has your classmate selected a SPECIFIC company or organization? (Y/N) If No, can you suggest a company or organization that might be affected by their issue? Use your computer to do some preliminary google/digging – find us one NON-scholarly source which seems to talk about this issue in detail.

4. What information have they included in their work so far that makes it clear they are writing to a specific professional audience? What jargon or technical language (specific to discipline) have they included? Please indicate any language (slang, colloquialism, etc) that seems inappropriate for their professional audience.

5. Has your classmate made it clear what is at stake? Do these stakes seem relevant to any audience beyond the company itself? What possible consequences may occur if this problem goes unaddressed? Who else would be affected?

Argument:

6. Does the essay have a thesis, an overall point? How do you know this? In your own words, write down what you think it is. Is it clear? Is it concise? Is it contestable? Is the thesis a specific plan with concrete details and a clear connection to the problem or is it broad without much detail? Next, to test contestability of the thesis, compose one potential counter claim/alternative perspective.

7. From what you can tell, does the solution or plan indicated in the thesis seem like it will directly influence/change the problem? What is the link between the problem and solution (for example, does it address a symptom, a cause, etc)? Walk us through how you imagine the solution will treat the problem.

General:

8. What is still unclear to you? If you know little/nothing about this content or subject area, what questions do you have that you would like to see answered?

9. What other general feedback can you give that might help your classmate compose a more focused and engaging paper at this point?