Peer Editing Jessie Battaglini

My past experience with peer editing has been helpful to the development of my papers and how to make my papers flow in a way that makes sense to people who don't know me. In my English class, we often had talks on giving supportive details to our topics, and my classmates would give feedback on our essays to help improve the structure of the paper. I often make mistakes with grammar that I miss when revising the paper myself before I turn in the final draft, so having another pair of eyes scan the paper for the first time helps me to change the minor errors ahead of time. With peer editing the advice I received was instructional to how to make it sound better and grab the attention of the reader. My partner pointed out some grammar mistakes I missed and talked about how to tie up the main purpose in the conclusion. When I read over someone else's paper I tend to look for the structure in how they provided a background, an experience, and what they learned from that experience in the purpose of their essay. I look to see if they gave details that support their main points and that it flows in an order that is understandable. Chapter 10 has useful steps for the peer editing process that serves as a good outline to follow. Asking questions about what the issue or argument that the writer is trying to make present. I think that the process of peer editing and the peer review guide is very helpful in analyzing a classmates work and giving informative feedback as the reader.