Please use the following considerations when doing your partner's peer response for the summer reading essay.
Peer Partner:
Using a different color, type your comments:
Were at least 10 citations used in the paper? Were they done correctly?
Is this paper at least 80-85% completed (including 4 of 5 sources and 9 of 10 citations)?
Was the book cited at least 3-5 times using 3-5 different authors? Were they listed correctly?
Were a newspaper, magazine, and/or journal cited? Were there REAL page numbers listed for both? Were they listed correctly? Were there any sources without page numbers?
Were the periodicals all published in the current year?
Was the introduction interesting? Was it effective? Was the thesis stated well?
Did the essay make sense? Was it logical?
Was the essay written well? Was it interesting to read or was it boring?
Were authors introduced properly?
Were sources evaluated and compared?
Did your partner create a discussion between the sources?
Was a variety of styles used for the citations? Or was the same style used over and over?
What suggestions do you have to "kick it up a notch"?
Did your partner's argument about the factors to consider when choosing a college make sense? Did you to understand the reasoning? Do you think they are correct?
Was the essay written with passion?
Was the MLA formatting done well?
Were there the minimum required sources with the current year of publication?
Spelling errors?
Grammatical errors?
Rubric Score (0-9):