elaborate on your key comments. Explain your interpretations, problertls, questions, and advice.
It is okay to go into details. This will help the writer in the long run.
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One thing to avoid: plastering comments all over the writing; in between and over the lines of the other person's writing-up, down, and across the page. Write in your space, and let the writer keep hers.
Keep your comments in the appropriate space. Do not make it difficult to see the original work.
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Pay attention to the stage of drafting
Different types of drafts, therefor, we can expect different levels of clarify and flow.
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Hone in on the writer's particular aims in the writing
See their paper from their view and what it is aiming towards.
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looking at the writing in terms of the assign-ment. the writer's particular interests and aims, the work you've been doing in class, and the stage of drafting.
Take the paper as it is and do not make it about yourself.
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You're there to play back to the writer how you read the paper: what you got from it; what you found interest-ing; where you were confused; where you wanted more.
We are not necessarily looking for errors but where to help the writer improve to strengthen THEIR writing
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don't lead them to think that all is fine and well when it's not.
Do not just be nice. Give constructive criticism.
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