1. I only had to change a few words or phrases in my essay. Most of the changes were to make the essay sound "less awkward".
2. The written feedback helped me the most, followed by the peer review. The written feedback helped me because the criticism was direct and told me what exactly I needed to fix. I could immediately put the feedback into action when I edited the next paper. I did not like the parent review because my parents did not give me helpful feedback. The peer review was somewhat helpful because my editor was not afraid to give me criticism.
3. I thought the teacher review was helpful, and the peer review was as well. In the future, we as a class, should learn how to edit other people's work so we actually know what we are talking about. We should do an anonymous review- taking away the author's name would require everyone to review the other person's work to their best ability.
4. Personally, I love creating writing because there aren't really any boundaries, as well as poetry. I would love to continue to grow in these areas, but I believe I need to work on informative style writing. When there are rules- such as in a newspaper or magazine- I need to work on still being creative, while getting the point across.
I absolutely love the idea of an anonymous peer review! You continue to impress and even inspire me. If you are serious about writing poetry, I'd love to talk to you about starting a poetry/writing club. We will practice formal/information writing this year, so you are in luck. :)
ReplyDelete(Casually replies two weeks later..) I think a writing club would be so much fun!! In middle school we had Power of the Pen, which was a great motivator for me. Even if we don't compete, I would love to be able to talk about writing with other people. It would be pretty cool to have an atmosphere of pure writing inspiration!
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