Working in groups of three, use the tips in Figure 6, Commenting on Team Writing, to provide feedback on other students’ writing. If you’re working as part of a team, use a writing sample for your project. Otherwise, choose a writing sample for another assignment. Spend about 10 minutes reviewing each paper and writing comments. If you have a grading rubric, use it to guide your comments. Identify at least one strength and one suggestion in each of the grading categories. When you’re finished making comments, compare your notes and describe your feedback and approach. How similar are your comments? Did you agree on which parts were strongest and weakest? What could account for differences? Did you each focus on different aspects of the paper or view some parts more harshly than others? How could this activity help you assess your own writing?

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Do- /Mope w/opin buffaldboy Shutterstock.com Imagine Yourself as the Audience Assume the role of reader-not instructor. Your job is to help the writer, not to grade the assignment. Read first for context and meaning; comment on the large issues first-the information, organization, relevance, and overall clarity for the audience. Encourage Revisions Avoid taking over the text. Accept that you are reading someone else's writing-not your own. Make constructive suggestions but avoid making decisions or demands. Comment sparingly. Without marking every typo, help the writer apply your feedback throughout the draft. Provide specific, useful feedback (not "I liked this part," but "You did a good job explaining this difficult concept"). Take a Positive Approach Emphasize the writer when giving positive feedback and emphasize the text (rather than the writer) when giving negative feedback: "I'm glad you used the most current data from the annual report." "This argument would be more persuasive for me if it contained the most current data." Use "1" language (not "You need to make this clearer," but "I was confused by this customer description").