Chapter 9
When I first saw that the reading was 16 pages, I let out a huge sigh and got myself mentally prepared. But this section about revision was surprisingly short on content as most of it was showing the actual revisions to the film review. And even the content that was there was pretty basic stuff. I'm hoping that one of these chapters actually provides something new that i can learn. But in any case, I do agree with this whole idea of revisions being good and necessary. The first step being personal revisions. In every paper I have ever written, whether I had multiple drafts or not, I was always sure to reread my work frequently to make sure i was on point, and make small edits as i went along, rather than altogether at the end. This is very important because we're human and we can make grammatical mistakes or spit out word salad. So a personal revision is mandatory for me to feel good about what i have just written. After that I would, as the text suggests, send it to a peer that had the same assignment or have my mom read over it and see if they catch anything i should fix. Again, as humans we miss stuff, so having multiple people reduces the risk of missing something important that needs to be corrected. I'm glad we're doing peer reviews on our genre papers, because I for one am concerned that I didn't hit the nail on the head, so I am really looking forward to hearing what i can do better to help my final grade. Overall, i think the text wasn't very effective, and perhaps a bit overwrought in its showing us every single change, rather than just the overall process of peer review.
I also saw this as more of a review. It is nice to have refreshers but 16 pages is still a bit long. One thing I did like though were all of the visuals. It made the reading much less painful than I had anticipated. I'm also a bit unsure as to if I did the assignment correctly or not but hopefully peer review fixes that.
ReplyDeleteI thought the passage was review for us. I agree with your 16 pages opinion. My mom was a big reviewer for me just like you. I disagree with your statement that the text was not very effective. I think because it was so deep into detail when it came to the example it was actually very effective showing us how to use the reviews and implement them in our paper. Good post!
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ReplyDeleteThe first thing my eyes jumped to while reading the assignment was the page numbers but I also found this chapter to be a surprisingly quick read. The language and subject matter are easy to understand and the visuals also helped. I thought the piece was well written and appropriate in structure, length, and style for students.