In other classes I have had workshops before and they have gone really well.

Feedback from my peers is

usually good but even if it isn't somehow it still helps me look at my paper in a different light. It makes
me see it from their point of view instead of my own and then I can find ways to revise it. If you have a
good group for workshops it makes a big difference. I have had classes where my peers where not
interested or didn't even bring their work and that obviously is not benefitial. The only concerns I have
about the peer workshopping is that the people in my group may not give the effort for editing my
paper that I deserve. Hopefully that wouldn't happen since I am sure it is a grade. I have had people in
other classes give me a paper back blank saying it was good and didn't need any revisions. Well that is
not true because you can always change something about writing.

As for editing and revision they are both important in my understanding. Editing is more of writing notes
out to the side of your work, and noting gramatical and spelling problems. Editing can be done by your
peers, teachers and yourself. However revision has to be done by yourself. It is when you take all the
editing notes you have gathered and revise/rewrite parts of your paper. I think both of these are
important because to me you cannot have revision without first editing your first draft. You would edit
throughout writing your paper and you do a final revision before you turn in your paper.

I thought it was a good idea when Straubs talks about "commentary on student writing...turn the writer
back into his writing and lead him to reflect on his choices and aims." (Staub page 145) He is saying you
should be considerate of the peer's writing when you make comments and try to get him/her to reflect
on their writing. This will make peers have an easier time revising instead of just listing grammatical
corrections they need to make. Straubs also states that "always be ready to praise. But always look to
point to places that are not working well or that are not yet working as well as they might". (Straub page
140) He is saying you should prase and criticize.

Reflection: Reading the paper from Staubs in this assignment has helped me think about editing. This
assignment helped me come up with ideas of how to evaluate other peoples papers. He says you
want to get the person to reflect on their work. This reading assignment helped me think about
editing a peers paper a different way than just grammatically. Before I thought editing a paper would
be mostly grammatical. I liked that you asked our opinion on group work shopping. Overall this
helped me be a better group member and edit their paper more for ideas and structure according to
the assignment guidelines and less grammatical focus.