CE+Feedback+Form

= Cause Effect: Peer Feedback = Your name:________________ Author’s name:_____________________ After completing the following steps, give all of your comments to the author. The author should submit your comments with his/her draft. **__Step One__:** Read your essay ALOUD to the group. This is important!! You have to breathe life into your words. **__Step Two__:** Other group members actively listen to the oral reading. Don’t take notes, or allow your mind to wander elsewhere. After the reading finished, write your first impressions for 30 seconds. Try to summarize the main arguments in the essay and any evidence used. **__Step Three:__** Briefly share your feedback with the author. Author then asks questions for clarification and notes suggestions. ***Complete Steps 1-3 for each group member before beginning Step 4** **__Step Four__:** Read each other’s CE silently. **Write as many notes as possible directly on the paper**. Do you get a sense of the writer? The cause and effect in question? Mark things you like, things you don’t like, record any questions you have, and mark anything that doesn’t seem to fit. Do not cross out anything unless it’s okay with the author. After carefully reviewing and annotating your classmate’s draft, take some time to thoughtfully answer these questions or prompts. Please give feedback that will help the reader to critically think about how he/she can make the essay more effective.


 * Who/What/When/Where/Why? What is this Cause Effect all about? What did the author become and as a result of what exactly? (Don’t ask the author; try to answer based on their essay.)
 * As a reader, did you gain some insight or understanding of the writer? If yes, what and how? If not, why not?
 * List words or phrases the author uses to describe the event or incident that are especially effective in helping you visualize or understand.
 * Comment on the organization. Does it follow a logical path? Why/why not? Is there an introduction and conclusion? Are they effective?
 * What suggestions do you have to develop the essay more fully? What has been done well? What could use some work? Do you have a clear understanding of the how the author has become who or what they claim to be?