For this assignment, you will need to share your Illustration/Example Essay draft with your writing community via the discussion. Then you will choose a peer’s essay from your writing community and conduct a review.
Assignment Instructions
View the grading rubric for this assignment as listed on this page.
- Post your Illustration/Example Essay draft to the discussion:
- Copy and paste your draft in a new Google Doc. If you aren’t familiar with Google Docs, try this resource by Google to assist you.
- Title the Google Doc with your first initial, last name, and Illustration/Example Essay, example: RSmith Illustration Example Essay
- Set the share and edit permissions of the Google Doc to “Anyone with the link.”
- Copy and paste the URL address of the Google Doc into a new discussion post.
- 2. Review a peer’s Illustration/Example Essay in your writing community:
- Select the URL address of the peer’s essay from the discussion you want to review.
- Develop your response to your peer’s writing by focusing on each of these talking points:
- What makes the essay memorable? What did you like best?
- What is the meaning of the story? Why was the experience important to the writer?
- How did the writer structure the essay? Is there a beginning, middle, and end?
- What details may be missing and are needed for clarity? Is there something that the writer implies but does not actually carry out in the narrative?
- Does the essay focus on one event only? Is the topic narrowed enough?
- What specific places in the essay did your peer succeed in narrating a singular experience?
- Where might the essay need cuts, adds, or reorders?
- Using the 6+1 Traits Rubric, are there any weaknesses in the essay that stand out?
- Using the Dartmouth Writing Program “Attending to Grammar” link, do you recognize a grammar problem with the essay? If so, where?
- What other supportive suggestions can you identify to improve the writing?
- Copy and paste your response at the end of the peer’s Illustration/Example Essay in their Google Doc.
Grading Rubric: Illustration/Example Essay—Writing Community Review
| Criteria | Ratings | Point Total: 10 |
| Student shares their essay with the class via
Google Doc URL posted in the discussion |
1 pts: Full marks
0 pts: No marks |
1 pts |
| Student chooses a peer’s essay to review | 1 pts: Full marks
0 pts: No marks |
1 pts |
| Student addresses what makes the essay
memorable |
1 pts: Full marks
0 pts: No marks |
1 pts |
| Student addresses the meaning of the story | 1 pts: Full marks
0 pts: No marks |
1 pts |
| Student addresses essay structure | 1 pts: Full marks
0 pts: No marks |
1 pts |
| Student addresses essay details to enhance clarity | 1 pts: Full marks
0 pts: No marks |
1 pts |
| Student addresses singular event of essay | 1 pts: Full marks
0 pts: No marks |
1 pts |
| Student addresses whether essay might need cuts,
adds, reorders |
1 pts: Full marks
0 pts: No marks |
1 pts |
| Student applies 6+1 Writing Rubric and Grammar | 1 pts: Full marks
0 pts: No marks |
1 pts |
| Student makes supportive suggestions for
improving the essay |
1 pts: Full marks
0 pts: No marks |
1 pts |