Complete this activity in a Google doc (link button below).
Purpose: Receive feedback on your homework to improve your writing and practice collaborative writing and feedback.
Instructions
Round 1 (pair, 15 minutes)
pair with one group member for peer feedback on your homework
While you read:
write next to each sentence what you think is the function of this sentence in the narrative WITHOUT retelling the content of the sentence
After you read:
answer the following questions (insert a comment balloon in your peer’s document with your answers)
what peaked your interest?
what did you push back against?
what is the main message you take away from the draft?
Round 2 (team, 10 minutes)
Share: what did you take away from your peer feedback?
what did your peer praise?
what will you change in response to the feedback?
Round 3 (all, 10 minutes)
Reflect: what stood out to you about this round of feedback?
was there a suggestion or concern that was given to multiple team members?
what did you recommend to each other? what did you notice?
Complete this activity in a Google doc (link button below).
Purpose: put concerns about having a manuscript rejected into perspective
Instructions
Round 1 (5 minutes; in your group)
briefly share concerns in your team
then share thoughts on your team's slide on the instructor slide deck
make sure each article is assigned to at least one reader
Round 2 (10 minutes; all)
instructor leads discussion of concerns
Complete this activity in a Google doc (link button below).
Purpose: Identify concerns about peer review and discuss how to address common peer reviewer comments and issues
Instructions
Round 1 (You, 5 minutes)
Write down your worries about peer review
ONE worry per post-it note
create as many post-its as you want
Round 2 (You, 5 minutes)
Share your worries: post your worries on the sharing wall
stick your post-its on the sharing wall of you team
Round 3 (Groups of 3 teams, 15 minutes)
Categorize your worries: find shared worries
cluster related post-its
aim for 3 to 6 clusters
Round 4 (All, 10 minutes)
Share: develop a list of worry types
what are common worries?
which of those worries do you have control over?
This activity is completed in a Google doc (link button below).
Purpose: Reduce the chance of your manuscript being desk rejected without peer review.
Instructions
Complete the seven steps in the workbook. Abbreviated instructions below.
Step 1: check the mission statement and author instructions of your target journal
Step 2: develop multiple options for your title
Step 3: draft your abstract
Step 4: revise your Introduction
Step 5: revise your Conclusions
Step 6: check your citations
Step 7: draft a cover letter
This activity is completed on a Google doc (link button below).
Purpose: reinforce today's lessons
Instructions
free write for 3 minutes
pick one or more of the following writing prompts
what from today can you use or implement right away?
what would you like to follow up on or learn more about after today?
what do you plan to do by our next meeting to work on your paper?
This activity will take place after the workshop
Purpose: complete your manuscript
Instructions
Organize regular meetings.
Use one or more of the feedback procedures below to get useful and holistic feedback
How to organize regular meetings
Regular meetings help with collaborative writing. In your team, identify the following roles:
Convenor: will contact all team members to build consensus on how often the team should meet; then finds meeting times; sends out calendar invites and video links for virtual meetings.
Recommended frequency: hold meetings once a month, increase frequency during editing phase closer to submission deadline
Chair: sets agenda for each meeting; facilitates meetings; scaffolds peer feedback by providing guiding questions (see feedback tools below; slide decks under the Workshop tab)
Reminder: helps team members stay on track by sending reminders, encouraging messages, and feedback.
Recommended frequency: send messages once a week
How to get holistic feedback
Feedback pairs. In your writing group, use the technique described in this YouTube video by John Spencer (2:20 minutes). This technique requires 20 minutes, 10 minutes per author receiving feedback.
Myriad messages. Answer the following four questions about what you just read and share your answers with the author: (1) What were you curious about? (2) What did you push back against? (3) What messages did you take from it? (4) Anything else? This technique requires 3 to 5 minutes per author receiving feedback.
Just 2 questions. After you read a peer's writing, complete the following two questions and share the questions with the author: "Is the main point of your story ...?" and "Have you thought about ...?" The first question may only be answered by the author saying either "Yes" or "no", nothing else. The second question should lead to a conversation between reader and author. This technique requires 1 to 3 minutes author receiving feedback.