For this assignment, please use the worksheet below to help inform your response to 2 of your peers’ Rough Drafts.
You DO NOT have to address all 10 questions. These are just to help you focus your comments.

I hope you can use this worksheet on your own paper, as well.

This is not a group assignment.

Peer-review Worksheet

1. What aspects of the letter’s argument are most convincing? How could they be improved or expanded in the paper?
2. What aspects of the letter’s argument (what parts) are least convincing?
3. Do you feel the letter is lacking any discussion, issues or topics we discussed in class?
4. Having heard my clarification of the need for specific evidence in terms of course work, faculty and other relevant and interesting academic evidence or experience, does the writer seem to have done enough work on this specialized and even technical research and writing? This really concerns the “authority” of the writer. Has he or she established a knowledgeable persona, one who can speak to the richness of the experience in this major and discipline?
5. How are the transitions between sections/topics/arguments/paragraphs? Provide a little feedback on the flow of the letter.
6. How would you evaluate the writer’s use of outside sources? Do you sense a need for more specific references? Do you sense any “accidental” (need for citation)?
7. Do you see some obvious sentence-level errors, such as run-on sentences, fragments, or simply sentences (parts of paragraphs) that don’t seem very clear or concise? Sometimes simply pointing out that the writing is confusing, or wordy is enough to get the writer to review some of his/her writing.
8. Do the paragraphs seem to have a solid focus and structure? Again, make a note on this part of the writing, reflecting on some of our discussion in class.
9. Is there a sense of ethos not only in the writer (knowledge, experience, passion and values), but also in the work done in that major or field/discipline? Ethos should emanate from the writer and, in this case, his or her major/department, as well.
10. Do you have any feedback on the paper format? In the end, this is a 4-5 page paper, not including the Works Cited page, double-spaced (pretty much in MLA format). Do they seem on track to write a paper that addresses the prompt in 4-5 pages? Anything else about the format?

To receive all 15 points for this assignment (easy points if you just follow these simple instructions):

• Each of you post to this Discussion by Thursday 3/11 11:59pm that includes a short note about your progress on this Letter of Recruitment. You can highlight a couple of concerns you have, but keep your post short. This post is due, again,
• Attach your Rough Draft to your post (do not use Pages docs).
• Your Rough Draft must be at least 2 pages total (you don’t need to include the Works Cited). If you only have 2 pages, that’s okay though you might have a bit more to share with the class.
• Respond to two of your peers’ posts in which they have attached their Rough Draft of their Letter of Recruitment. These responses are due Saturday 3/13 by 11:59pm. Read through their draft and respond with ~ 300 words (to each student), being has specific and as helpful as you can toward improving their draft. There is no wrong answer here, so long as you write ~300 words to each peer and your response addresses some specific points that we have talked about (that are reiterated on the Peer Review Worksheet #1-10 above). Again, you do not have to address all 10 points above.

I hope all of that is clear.—————————————–

1. Please attach the file for peers to reply.