For this assignment, you will need to share your Argument Essay with your writing community via the discussion. Then you will choose a peer’s essay outline from your writing community and conduct a review.

Assignment Instructions

View the grading rubric for this assignment on this page.

1. Post your Argument Essay to the discussion:
   1. 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.
   2. Title the Google Doc with your first initial, last name, and Argument Essay, example: RSmith Argument Essay
   3. Set the share and edit permissions of the Google Doc to “Anyone with the link.”
   4. Copy and paste the URL address of the Google Doc into a new discussion post.
2. To review a peer’s Argument Essay in your writing community:
   1. Select the URL address of the peer’s essay from the discussion you want to review.
   2. 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 makes the topic important to the writer? What makes it compelling to the reader?
      • How did the writer structure the essay? Is there a beginning, middle, and end?
      • How effective are the author’s lines of reasoning arguing his or her position?
      • 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 reasoning and discussion within the essay?
      • How compelling is the supporting research and/or evidence for the author’s position? How might it be improved?
      • How well does the author present and refute the opposing position’s viewpoints (including supporting sources/evidence)? How might this be improved?
      • Is the essay focused at an appropriate level? Is the topic narrowed enough?
      • What specific places in the essay did your peer succeed in describing a singular event or vivid, memorable details or experiences?
      • 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?
3. Copy and paste your response at the end of the peer’s Argument Essay in their Google Doc.

Grading Rubric: Argument Essay—Writing Community Review