Learning Outcome 4:

                  As we began first semester, peer review was a new task for me that I had never done before. Learning Objective 4 states that students should be able to critique their own work and others’ work by emphasizing global revision early in the writing process and local revision later in the process. When first beginning the process of peer review, i did not know what global and local revision was. As explained in class the fact that global revision focused more on the essay as a whole involving the ideas and organization, whereas local revision was stated to be more specific details to improve the essay quality. The first essay revision process was difficult for me to focus on global revision as I felt the need to point out errors in spelling and grammar as opposed to the ideas that the writing had to offer. I started put the revision process by making comments such as, “You make good points in this paragraph” and “Good job explaining”. As continuously reading several essays and receiving feedback on my own essay from both peers and Professor Emerson, I started to notice more ways that other peers could make in their essays. For example, I noticed what a strong thesis entailed and what supportive claim sentences looked like. Here displayed in my First Draft of Peer’s Paper, I helped my peers better introduce their quotes by giving them examples of ways to support the quote as opposed to standing alone in the middle of a paragraph. Lastly, I noted sentences that were difficult to understand and suggested to my peers that clarification may help the reader better understand the piece of writing. Each peer review I did, I made sure to type a 150-word note to personally explain to my peers what he/she could do to improve their essay, with words of encouragement.