Week 2 – Assignment 2
Peer Review of Week 1 Assignment
[WLO: 3] [CLOs: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Your reviews of the work of three of your peers are all due on Day 7. Your grade will reflect both the quality and thoroughness of your three completed Peer Review Forms. In this class activity, you will be examining the work of your peers and offering helpful suggestions for how their work might be improved in quality and clarity.
The Process:
Prior to beginning work on this discussion, download the Peer Review FormPreview the document.
Read it over carefully, including the tips on page 1.
Upload and submit your Sustainable Living Guide Contributions, Part 1 of 4: Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystems assignment to the Peer Review Assignment Submission page in Canvas by Day 2. You utilized the Week 1 Assignment TemplatePreview the document to complete this assignment in Week 1.
After Day 2 passes, go back to the Peer Review Assignment Submission page to access the files of the three classmates that you will be reviewing.
Use the Peer Review Form to give quality feedback to each of the three peers assigned to you using separate forms for each review.
When you have completed your three peer reviews, upload each of the completed forms as individual attachments in the comments area of the Peer Review Assignment Submission page so that your peers can receive your feedback.
Upload all three of your Peer Review Forms to Waypoint for evaluation by the instructor.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
Week 1 Assignment Template
Sustainable Living Guide Contributions, Part One of Four:
Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Instructions: Using the term that you have selected from the list provided in the classroom, please complete the following template. Create a minimum of 5 to 7 well-crafted sentences per paragraph. In your response, you are expected to cite and reference, in APA format, at least two outside sources in addition to the class text. The sources must be credible (from experts in the field of study); scholarly sources (published in peer-reviewed academic journals) are strongly encouraged. Delete these instructions before submitting your work to Waypoint.
Your Term:
Instructions: In the first paragraph;
• Thoroughly define your term.
• Describe how the term relates to this week’s theme. Provide specific examples.
Delete these instructions before submitting your work to Waypoint.
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Instructions: In the second paragraph;
• Discuss how the term affects living things and the physical world.
• Explain how the term relates to the challenge of achieving environmental sustainability.
• Justify if the term represents an obstacle to that goal, or perhaps a technique or technology that might promote it?
Again, be as specific as possible and include examples to support your explanations.
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Instructions: In the third paragraph;
• Determine at least two specific actions that we can take in order to promote environmental sustainability in relation to this term. Be creative and concrete with your suggestions. For example, you might recommend supporting a particular organization that is active in the field of your term.
• Consider actions that might be taken
1) on the individual level, in our daily lives;
2) at the community level;
3) via national and global organizations working on behalf of the environmental issues associated with your term; and/or 4) at the ballot box (though voting).
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After proofreading your assignment carefully, please submit it to the Peer Review Site. After you have done so, please also submit a copy of your work to Waypoint.
2) SCI 207 – Peer Review Form
Week 2
DIRECTIONS:
The idea of this activity is to help your peer improve his or her paper. After carefully reviewing your peer’s Week 1 Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystems paper, answer the following questions to provide feedback. What needs to be added, omitted, or changed? Provide detailed feedback. Think of the feedback that you would like to receive from others and offer a thorough critique.
ORGANIZATION:
Paragraph Order: Are the paragraphs and ideas arranged in a logical and clear order? If not, explain where ideas could be reordered or clarified.
Paragraph Development: Does each body paragraph include a topic sentence and consist of at least 5-7 well-crafted sentences?
Indicate areas where the author needs to add supporting ideas and evidence in the form of details, examples, statistics, studies, or expert opinion.
CONTENT:
Overall: Did the author contribute his or her own ideas and comments in the paper, or did the author just summarize the material?
First Paragraph: Did the author state the term clearly and define the term thoroughly, or could the definition be expanded?
Does the author indicate how the defined word ties into the Week 1 theme?
Second Paragraph: Did the author explain how the term affects living things and the physical world?
Did the author explain how the term relates to the challenge of achieving environmental sustainability?
Did the author discuss if the term represents an obstacle to that goal, or a technique or technology that promotes it?
Third + Additional Paragraphs: Did the author identify at least two specific actions to promote environmental sustainability in relation to this term? Indicate areas where the author could improve upon or expand these ideas.
Did the author address actions on an individual, community, national or global, and/or ballot box level? What possible actions could the author add?
CITATIONS
Sources: Did the author incorporate at least two sources? How would you evaluate the credibility of these sources?
APA: Did the author list all sources in a final references list? Is this list formatted correctly?
Did the author use in-text citations to show where he or she used the sources cited in the references list within the paper?
GRAMMAR & STYLE
Grammar and Spelling: Are there any grammatical or spelling errors that you noticed in the paper? Describe a few of these issues (if any).
Style: Is the writing clear throughout the paper? Note any unclear ideas or sentences here.
Is the writing style academic and professional in tone, or is the language too casual?
FINAL COMMENTS?
Offer a few final comments about the paper. Offer a positive comment about the paper. What is working?
What could the author do to improve the paper that wasn’t addressed in the questions above?
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