1. Write out your thesis or underline in your drafting. Does it have a subject and point? Is it making an argument? Is it specific enough? Is it well-written?
2. If your audience is our class, then what can you assume they know in regards to your specific paper? What do you have to explain (terms, concepts, events)?
3. What do you want readers to know, do or belief differently after they read your paper?
4. What research methods do you use in your paper?
Feedback ideas/options
Material adapted from the overview of 11 ways to share and respond. Feedback Islands Voyage Key: From Sharing and Responding (Elbow and Belanoff)