Revisions Essay

Julian Connerton

During the constructive revision process, I was told to attach comments on one of my classmates essays. Looking for pivotal words, sentence fragments, places were quotes should be inserted and the wording of the essay within itself. I made roughly about seven or eight comments on my peers paper. I was never told to do this type of work in high school formally. I usually would just be asked by a friend to just re-read their essay and try and correct the grammatical errors and spelling. I wasn’t asked to formally try and place new quotes into their essay. Until college is when I was asked to formally attempt to put myself in the other person’s shoes and try to read their essay from their prospective. I started off with simple comment because I wasn’t used to doing this. Then Dr. Drown walked by me while I was typing my comments and corrected me. Now my comments are lengthy and full of ideas and words.

When I am editing papers and reviewing them, I am looking for spaces in between their writing where a quote from the passages that were studied could be added. Also, I would be looking for a spot where transitional words could be placed along with words that can change the mood and idea switch of a topic. Pointing out the implications of the writers ideas is big as well, because there are levels of an essay especially talking about a topic such as covering. If the essay is overall pretty good, there is always room for improvement, whether it is the switch between words or paragraph organization. When leaving a comment you should have a reaction to their paragraph by explaining how their paragraph made you feel as well as what you took and understood from reading their essay.