My favorite revision strategy would be the peer discussions we are fortunate enough to have during class. By having fresh eyes on my paper, as well as reading my peer’s papers allows me to generate new ideas and expand my range of thought. There have been many times this year where I have struggled with the flow of my paper. I would get suggestions from my peers to change up paragraphs or move and add sentences. By editing my peer’s papers, I have gotten better at finding errors in my own paper as I write it. By errors, I don’t mean grammatical errors, I mean errors in my writing like word choice, sentence flow, the lengths of paragraphs, etc. Peer revision is a tool that I have been able to improve during my time in this class. Because of peer revision, I have improved my writing and revision strategies in not only this class, but other courses as well. My philosophy class involves a lot of writing. Once we write passages for homework, or big essays, I will have my friend Mitch look over my homework while I look at his. We share our ideas and at times even interpret our ideas into each other’s papers.
I am thrilled to hear that you are crossbreeding ideas with your peers! As you revise for your ePortfolio, consider expanding on other strategies outside of peer review that you can transfer to future writing projects.
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