Peer-Response Form: Single-source Essay

Peer-Response Form: Single-source Essay

Writer’s Name: ___________________________________________________________
Reviewer’s Name: _________________________________________________________

Your purpose in answering these questions is to provide an honest and helpful response to your partner’s draft and to suggest ways to make his/her writing better. Be sure to read the entire essay carefully before writing any responses. Be as specific as possible by referring to particular parts of the essay in your answers. Make sure you are polite and considerate as well.

1. In your own words, write what this essay is about (at least 4 sentences).










2. Does the writer support or oppose the source’s opinion? Are his/her arguments strong? Why or why not?










3. What do you like the most about this essay?












4. Does this essay have a thesis statement? If yes, copy it down. Does the thesis statement include the writer’s argument?









5. What parts of the essay need to add more details so that the readers can understand it better?









6. Check the statements with which you agree the most:
v Each paragraph discusses only one idea and everything in the paragraph is related to that specific idea.
v Some paragraphs are confusing because they seem to be about more than one idea. I marked them with an *
v Your writing seems to be all in one paragraph. I cannot tell where you start discussing a new idea.
v You have used transitions well in your essay.
v Your essay needs more transitions to connect all the ideas better.
v You used paraphrase, summary and quotation effectively and wherever appropriate.
v Paraphrase, summary and quotation were not used very effectively.

7. Write a few comments to your classmate. Start with what he/she did very well in the essay and then, discuss what you think needs more work. Please be polite!