* Students peer-reviewed one another's argumentative essay rough drafts. Their final drafts are due next week.
2. Class analysis:
Students spent the entire class period workshopping their peers' essays. I liked Nikki's approach to the peer review process. Earlier in the week, she gave students a chart/diagram of an argumentative essay with a break-down of the vital elements: claim, reason, evidence, acknowledgment and response, and warrant. Students had to identify these parts in their own rough drafts. Today, however, students identified these components in others' rough drafts--and also added suggestions for improvement (like issues of grammar/punctuation, non-academic language, and disorganization).
3. Class implementation:
In my two sections of English 1550 in the spring, I'd like to slightly vary my approaches to workshopping rough drafts. Since I will require an argumentative essay, perhaps I'll adapt Nikki's idea to fit my purposes.
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