Writing Group Support

California State University San Marcos

Peers - Support Resource

Your peers are all going through the same process and can be a great resource to guide your through the MA process.

Peers can proof read your work and give you helpful advice.

This ppt is designed to guide you through a process to help you give constructive criticism to a colleague.

Praise, Question & Polish (PQP)Praise: Praise the strong parts of

the paper. Be specific. Questions: Identify what questions

you had about the paper. Ask questions that probe and push the author to articulate what they mean.

Polish: What could be done to polish up the paper? Be specific.

Constructive Criticism

Be helpful, but kind. Tell them what

they need to hear, in a kind way, so they hear you.

Be honest about what needs to be

changed. Remember it is not helpful to tell someone it is good, if it is not.

Give specific suggestions. Help the

author make the needed changes.

Write Up Feedback

Take notes on paper.Look at your notes on the paper

and organize the feedback in the Praise, Question and Polish (PQP)categories.

Write up a separate set of notes for the Praise, Question and Polish Feedback (PQP).

Peer Review – Guided Practice

Partner UpExchange WritingLocate an Introduction to a ChapterReview the rubric expectations Is the problem identified?Are there guiding/research questions?Are the chapter contents previewed?Are all Level 1 Headings used to

preview the chapter?

Praise

What did the author do well?Write down all the positives.

Questions

Write down what questions you had about the paper.

Ask questions that probe and push the author to articulate what they mean.

Use questions to prompt the author to meet the expectations in the rubric.

Polish

What could be done to polish up the paper?

Be specific.Look back at the questions you

listed, how could the author address them?

Give the author tangible ideas on what he/she can change and how.

Peer Review Evaluation

What did you learned by reading and receiving feedback from your peers.

What went well and what could be improved next time?

Develop a plan to implement improvement strategies.

Next Peer Review Plan

Set a date to meet with your partner.

Identify what you will write.When and how will you provide a

copy of your writing to your partner.

Identify what you want feedback on.