ESL 112 Pre-Research Portfolio Peer-Perception/Peer-Review Worksheet

This peer-perception activity is an opportunity for you to perceive the differences and similarities
between your friends work and your own work in terms of what is effective and what needs
improvement, so you can improve your own work after this activity.
Instructions: Read your friends Pre-Research Portfolio and answer the following questions:
1. Does your partner explain the social problem clearly with enough specific details? If no, what
should be added so that the readers can understand the topic better?
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2. Look at your partners organization website and explain why it is a credible source:
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3. Find the mission statement of the organization and check if your partner paraphrased it using
their own words, or it is just a copy and paste?
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4. Do you think the 2 solutions from the organization that your partner chooses are action-based
or awareness-raising, WHY?
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5. Are the 2 solutions realistic enough? What impact can it have on society?
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6. Does the thesis statement cover everything that the research paper is going to talk about? What
is lacking? (i.e., purpose, social problem, name of the organization, and 2 solutions)
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ESL 112 Pre-Research Portfolio Peer-Perception/Peer-Review Worksheet

7. Provide more critique points of solution 1 and 2 in addition to what your partner have;
Your critique of solution 1 (in terms of strengths and weaknesses):
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Your critique of solution 2 (in terms of strengths and weaknesses):
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8. Give more suggestion in addition to suggestions for improvement that your partner have;
Your suggestion for improvement for solution 1:
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Your suggestion for improvement for solution 2:
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9. Which conclusion strategy that your partner use in his/her concluding paragraph (prediction,
suggestion, call for action, or NONE)?
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10. Give general comments in terms of grammatical errors, word choices, academic style, etc..
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