“During Week 4, you will be participating in a peer review activity. In this activity, you will be reviewing one peer’s source annotations and writing plan by answering a series of questions. The topics and viewpoints presented in your peers’ writing source annotations and writing plans do not necessarily reflect the views of SNHU. Because SNHU values academic freedom, a range of topics relevant to the assignment prompt are explored in this class. When responding to your peers, please remember to keep an academic approach in mind.
This includes responding to the source annotations and writing plan and not the person, suggesting relevant course concepts that may strengthen your peers’ writing, and using facts and evidence to support any suggestions you present to your peers. While some topics may be uncomfortable or challenging to discuss, engaging in academic discussion about difficult topics creates space for learning. Also, note that you are not assigned to comment on a specific peer’s work. If you are uncomfortable commenting on a particular topic, select a different post you feel comfortable responding to.
In your own words, identify the argument of your peer’s persuasive essay. What are they aiming to prove?
Has your peer adequately addressed opposing viewpoints?
Which of the summaries (or which sections of the summaries) could use more clarification? How could your peer’s summaries be improved? Please paste an example and, if appropriate, offer your own edits.
Has your peer provided adequate credentialing information? If so, how can you tell the source is credible? If not, what could your peer add to note the reliability of the source?
Do the sources your peer describes in the annotated bibliography connect to their argument in a clear and easy-to-understand manner? If so, how so? If not, what are some ways in which your peer could strengthen those connections?
Does your peer acknowledge a counter-argument in one of the annotations? If a counterargument is presented, do they provide a persuasive rebuttal? If no counterargument is presented, can you anticipate some of the objections your peer should take into consideration?
Evaluate the sources your peer has selected. Which sources do you find to be the strongest? Why do you think they are strong, and how do they support your peer’s key points? Are there ways the sources could support those key points that your peer has overlooked? Be specific.”
