peer response & feedback
Cassie Book
Associate Director, University Writing Center
Individual appointments, information & resources:
uofl.edu/writingcenter
Setting goals for next week:
Prioritize your feedback.
- Where are you in your writing process today?
- What questions do you have about drafting your grant?
- Where do you want to be by next week? After GWA next week?
Project-level feedback
Process & genre questions
Proofreading
Editing
- Inadvertent errors
- Typos
- Fine-tuning
- Does this fit?
- What belongs here?
- I don't know how to do X.
- How do I say X?
- What does my audience expect?
- Fitting grant criteria
- Strength of arguments or claims
- Clarity and specificity
- Organization
- Tone
- Word-choice
- Sentence-level clarity
- Transitions
- Formatting
Balance suggestions and praise.
Agenda:
- Overview of plan for next week
- Purpose of response & feedback
- Benefits for writers & responders
- How to prioritize feedback
- Discussion of your individual goals for next week
Consultants from the University Writing Center will help you engage in small group discussions for about 45 minutes.
bring
small groups
- A few paper copies of your draft (if you have one)
- grant guidelines
Formed based on where you are in your writing process.
be prepared to
- Describe your writing/research process so far
- Share any questions or stumbling blocks you're encountering.
- Listen & respond
What are your experiences with feedback on your writing?
Benefits for the writer receiving feedback.
Benefits for the reader/reviewer/responder/feedback giver.