363 Portfolio Cover Letter Peer Review Sheet

Writer: Jose Assessor: Andrew

Please read two or three of your peers’s cover letters. Give the most specific advice that you can
with regard to these questions:

1. Does the letter directly address ALL YES NO

of our student learning outcomes?
2. Does the letter support its claims YES Sometimes NO
about how the portfolio demonstrates You said you had no clear focus in your resume.
the writer’s achievement of our Then you said you fixed it but didn’t explain
SLOs with specific evidence from how that was done or who was your audience.
actual portfolio documents? Here’s Make your claim, then give your evidence.
an example of specific evidence: “In
the third paragraph of my persuasive
essay, I disagree with Dr.
Frankenweenie’s declaration that
VitaminWater produces good health
and weight loss. By noting that the
NIH has found that children gain
weight if they drink Vitamin Water
every day, I show that I’m able to
consider and present fairly the YES Sometimes NO
merits of different viewpoints.” YES Sometimes NO
3. Were you doubtful about or
unpersuaded by any of the writer’s In the second paragraph you didn’t name the
claims about a particular SLO? SLOs you were talking about like you did in
4. Is the letter organized logically and paragraph 3. Add this information to clear up the
efficiently, or could you suggest sentences because it is confusing.
ways to improve the organization YES NO
(topic sentences, transitions, P order,
thesis)? Add your name to the bottom.
5. Does the cover letter use letter
YES Sometimes NO
formatting? 
6. Are the letter’s sentences effective Because you didn’t always refer to the SLO you
and clear? were talking about, it made the sentences less
effective and less clear. Refer to the SLO first,
then explain how it was met.