Proofreading/Editing Assignment for the Research Paper

English 208B

Due Friday 5/12/17

Student name: Taelie Kennedy

Peer/adult reviewer name:

Instructions for student writer: Find a peer or adult willing to read and review your research paper. Provide them with a copy of your paper and this checklist. You will receive the most helpful feedback if you provide them with the most “polished” and “revised” essay possible. This means you should review your own work first, and have them complete the checklist below once you believe it is ready to turn in for grading. Please turn in your Rough Draft with this assignment. The Rough Draft is worth 50 points.

Once your reviewer has completed this checklist, save a copy of it to your computer. Use their thoughts, comments, and ideas to revise and improve your paper. You will submit the completed peer review checklist along with your final draft to the Dropbox entitled “Research Proofreading and Editing Checklist”. This is NOT an optional assignment and will be worth 50 points. A portion of your grade on the rough draft assignment will be based on you completing and submitting this form with the rough draft.

Instructions for the reviewer: Thank you for helping this student complete this part of his/her Research Paper! Please read through the provided paper. As you read, answer the questions below. Your thorough responses will help the student revise his/her paper and prepare for the final draft.

Questions for Revision / Comments
Does the paper follow the writer’s outline? (Students should have created a rough outline before they began writing.) If not, what does the writer need to add, delete, or move? (If the outline is not included, please look at the organization of the paper and make notes if specific topics or ideas should be moved for clarity).
Does the writer identify the thesis and set up the paper in an interesting way in the introductory paragraph (does it hook you)? If not, how can the writer make the introductory paragraph more effective?
Does the paper have a clear thesis statement? The thesis should include a clear subject, opinion, and why. If not, how can the thesis statement be made clearer?
Does every paragraph in the body of the paper support the thesis? Does the writer supply facts and quotations to support the thesis?
Has the writer included any irrelevant or weak evidence? If so, can the writer correct it by deleting material or by reworking some passages?
Are all the sentences clear and understandable? Are the word choices vivid and exact? If not, how can the writer improve the style of the paper?
The paper presents a formal, objective, third-person point of view, and uses precise language and topic-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic.
(No personal pronouns: I, you, we, us)
The supporting sentences contain relevant facts, concrete details, and quotations from the text to support and explain the thesis statement.
Do the sentences and paragraphs move logically from one to the next? If not, where can the writer add transitions?
Does the conclusion restate the thesis statement and what the writer learned from the research, and does it leave the reader with something to think about or a call to action? If not, what changes could strengthen the conclusion?
Does the paper contain both in-text citations and a Works Cited page? Does it cite both print sources and Internet sources? Are all sources cited accurately, using the exact words of quotations?
Is their research paper at least 3-4 pages in length?
Has the writer carefully proofread their paper? Are there areas where they need to work on their grammar, punctuation, or spelling?

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