Learning Outcome #1: Demonstrate the ability to approach writing as a
recursive process that requires substantial revision of drafts for content, organization, and clarity (global
revision), as well as editing and proofreading (local revision).
Learning Outcome #4: Be able to critique my own and others’ work by
emphasizing global revision early in the writing process and local revision later in
the process.

Written Reflection:

At first, the peer review process was difficult because I wasn’t sure what to look for in other students’ essays. The more we continued to practice peer review and receive feedback from other students, the easier the process got. I learned better ways to use constructive feedback in my review process while also advising other ways they could improve their paper to make it better. I struggled with being too nice. Although they produced well-written papers I was hesitant to be too harsh on their work. Learning better ways to give constructive criticism helped me get my ideas across but in a supporting way. As shown below, I was able to give more feedback on paper two than on paper one. I greatly think this is because I understood the process and took away crucial ideas from my previous peer review. This also helped my drafting process for my final essay. From paper one to paper three my writing improved greatly because of peer review. I included more powerful introductions to get my reader hooked while also closing the essay well without just summarizing the main ideas. I improved in those areas because of the feedback I received and seeing different ways my peers approached their introduction and conclusion paragraphs. Although for papers two and three we only had to use a couple of sources, I found it was easier to support my claim with multiple sources. I had some trouble at first citing my sources correctly, but by paper three I was able to integrate the sources that helped support my overall argument. Refining my thesis and claim with supporting evidence, helped create my layout for each essay. Having my ideas laid out in an outline or rough draft helped me see how to organize my paragraphs. Without this organization throughout my three papers, the proofreading and editing process would be much more difficult. I found that multiple rough drafts were required, and it helped me focus on small refining parts of my essay once it came time to turn it in. I will continue to do this process in the future because it made it easier for me in the end.

Evidence of Mastery: