Chapter 9 Response

I did not think this chapter brought much new information to my focus. I've been doing peer review since elementary school, so I know how it generally works. One thing this chapter did bring to my mind is that most people are not harsh enough with their peer reviews. I know that I, myself, am always scared to be too critical of a friend's work for fear of my critic coming off as mean. Some people take constructive criticism personally and you never know who those people are going to be. However, being too easy on someone while you are reviewing their work can result in a final draft that is not as good as it could have been. I would personally prefer someone to be extremely harsh on me during a peer review because I want my final draft to be as good as possible. I like that the people in chapter 9 were asking very specific questions during peer review. It wasn't just, "hey could you look over this for me and tell me how it could be better." They asked questions like, "how did my tone in the first paragraph compare to the tone in the third paragraph?" I think specific questions like that make it much more difficult for the reviewer to come off as mean when he/she gives feedback. When we do peer review in class on Thursday, I am going to try asking specific questions to get feedback on my draft.