English 12 Investigative Research Paper

Peer Edit 2019

PEER EDITOR: Sylvia Sharpe
WRITER: Hunter Gier
Please COMPLETE the following steps ALONG WITH MAKING COMMENTS (Use
“Editing” Feature) ON GOOGLE DOCS to receive Peer Editing Points.

(1) LOOK OVER PAPER. Does the Writer include:

X Works Cited Page with Correct MLA Format (Check Google Classroom Tips
or OWL) Make Sure it is Alphabetized by first letter--Author or Article. Flush left first
line/second line tabbed once (must do this manually).
REMOVE HIGHLIGHTS
your whole paper is in Arial font and your works cited and title are in times new romans,
you need to make your whole thing times new romans.
___ Title on First Textual Page (No other Information because of Title Page.)
NEED TO PUT A TITLE ON THE TOP OF PAGE 1!!
X MLA Page Formatting (Name and rolling page number in upper right hand corner.)

___ Five to Seven Pages of Text (Must be a FULL 5 Pages at least) ONLY 4.5 pages

(2) READ Paper. (No marking. Allow the Paper to “speak” to you. Just Read!)
Two Comments:
(1) There are a lot of little corrections that need to be made within the paper.
(2) It has a lot of good facts in it for people who don’t understand the dangers of
cutting weight.

(3) HIGHLIGHT IN RED any Mechanics Problems. (Do the best you can!)
Comment on Mechanics:___Great X Good ___Few Prob ____Lots of Prob
Biggest Problem: ____RunOn ___Frag ___Sp ___Wording XCommas

(4) CHECK THESIS.

Highlight Thesis
Is it One Sentence? X Yes __ No
Does it State Main Idea of Paper? X Yes __ No
Is it too Opinionated? (Remember, it should Explore Topic Not Rant!)X No ___Yes
Suggestions for Thesis: X Great ___ Okay but could be Better ____ Needs Work
(1) I think your thesis sounds good.
(2) Over all it explains what your paper is about in a nutshell without telling too much.

(5) CHECK TOPIC SENTENCES:

Is there a Topic Sentence for Each Paragraph? in Paper X Yes ____ No But make sure
you make your second paragraph into an informative piece instead of a Q&A. Like don’t
necessarily ask the questions and then answer, but explain cutting weight and where it started.
Do They have some Thread from the Thesis? X Yes ____ No
 Suggestions on Topic Sentences: ____All Great X Some Okay ____None
(1) Turn into more of an informative thing rather than a question and answer
(2) You need to explain the topic more rather than just showing what you’ve found.

(6) CHECK OPENING:

Explain Attention Grabber: X Great ____Okay but could be Better ___Needs Work
What was used? ____ Statistics ____ Story ____ Questions ____Other

(7) CHECK HISTORY (CAUSE): X Great ___Okay but could be Better __ Needs Work
Does it Explain How Topic Began? X Yes ____ No
Does it Detail Who was Involved in its Beginnings? X Yes _____No
Does it Provide When? Where? X Yes ___ No
Do you now Understand the Topic’s History? X Definitely ___ Sort of ____ No

(8) CHECK PROGRESSION (EFFECT): X Great __Okay but could be Better

__Needs Work
Does it Explain the Topic’s Development in History? X Yes ___ No
Does it Detail Those involved as Time Progresses? X Yes ___ No
Does it Discuss Negative or Positive Changes? X Yes ____ No

(9) CHECK PROBLEM:X Great ___Okay but could be Better __ Needs Work
Does it Discuss Topic’s Present Concerns? X Yes ___ No
Does it Discuss Who is Involved with These Concerns? X Yes ___ No
Does it Discuss its Pros? X Yes ____ No
Does it Discuss its Cons? X Yes ____ No

(10) CHECK SOLUTIONS:X Great ___Okay but could be Better __ Needs Work
How many does Paper Discuss? ___ One ___ Two X Three ____ Four

(11) CHECK CONCLUSION:X Great ___Okay but could be Better __ Needs Work
Does it Wrap Up Paper Points? X Yes ____ No
Does it refer back to Thesis? X Yes _____ No
Does it provide Futuristic View of Topic? X Yes ____ No
Does it provide Food for Thought? X Yes ___ No

(8) CHECK Parenthetical Citations.

X Author’s Last Name
X Article Name
_____ Other _____
9 Total Number Parenthetical (Minimum 9)
9 How Many Sources? (ALL CITED ON Works Cited Page Used=Minimum 9)

(9) OVERALL SUGGESTIONS OF PAPER:

 (1) Make sure you read through it one last time to correct the nitty gritty that I might not have
caught.
(2) Overall it looks good, just make sure it is informative and isn’t like hey I asked these
questions and here is the answer.

~ Remember to use the EDITING “Suggesting” function in Google Docs (found in Upper right-
hand corner) AND complete this form. Both are necessary to earn peer editing points! Be
thorough! Help your peer! You are the last stop before a teacher grades the essay. Getting
more than one peer edit is highly suggested:)