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Peer Review: IMRAD

Purpose

In today's class you will peer review each other's IMRAD essay so that you will all understand how an audience may read your essay.

Activity I: Peer Reviewing the IMRAD

First consult the criteria for the IMRAD essay. You will be asked to exchange a draft of your essay with one other student in the class. Read through your peer's draft and make notes about what you think the writer has done well (again, especially in terms of the assignment description) and what you think your peer would benefit from thinking more about. Again respond to this in terms of both the criteria and what you value in a peice of writing. Remember, you are an audience member of this text, so if something is not clear to you, the author should know this.

Write a 300-500 word email addressed to the writer and cc'ed to the instructor (kdepew@odu.edu) in which you explain your experience with her/his text–what you liked and why you liked it, as well as what you think s/he should revise and why. Point to specific passages to help your audiene locate what you are talking about and to also see the point you are trying to make. This is due by the end of class.