Teaching Stages of Revision and Peer Editing (The Ariana Grande Assignment)

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Assignment by Gina Atkins, Bedford New Scholar 2021

Context

• Presented during “Peer Review” lecture, Week 2
• Discussed: “How to Write Meaningful Response Praise” – Writing Spaces

What Happened and Changed

• Contact and Conflict Zone
• Vulnerability with Students
• Bigger Picture: Writing & Peer Review: Students have more trouble with peer review
  

Questions to Consider

• What have you disliked about peer feedback in the past?
• Why do you think some people leave vague feedback? Students and teachers alike.
• What is some of the worst feedback you’ve gotten in the past for an assignment?
• What is some of the best feedback you’ve gotten in the past for an assignment?
• Do you trust peer feedback, why or why not?
• How can peer feedback be improved?
• Why do students place greater value in their professor’s feedback over their peers?
• Why do students feel poorly qualified to write meaningful responses?
• Do you judge writing based on what you think an instructor wants or based on what you think is good writing? Why or why not?

• Do you prefer to review for grammar or content?

 Source: Gina Atkins

Directions to Students

In groups of 3 or 4, look over the Ariana Grande paper. You can read this aloud together or you can read the paper individually. Then, as a group, provide feedback on the paper as follows. Make sure to refer to specific choices that the writer makes. Document the group feedback in the form of comments on a separate google document for your group:

• Genre: provide feedback on the topic and research (1-2 examples)
• Genre/Development: provide feedback on the ideas, claims, analysis, arguments, use of sources, use of evidence, etc. (3-4 examples)
• Organization/Development: provide feedback on the structure and coherence of the paper (2-3 examples)
• Register: provide feedback on the word choice and level of formality (1-2 examples)
• Polish: provide feedback on grammar, usage, mechanics and spelling 

(optional: 1 example)

Then, if time permits, please include a brief reflection on your thoughts towards the paper at the bottom of your group google document. Write 1-2 overall praises. Write 1-2 questions or advice you would like to give. And finally, give 1-2 critiques of the paper that could be utilized to improve the paper.

View the attachment "Is Ariana Grande Using a Blaccent? Thank U, Next:
A Linguistic Look Into Ariana Grande’s Music for AAVE Feature Frequency" for the text students critique. (Courtesy Gina Atkins)