Instructions: Read the assigned paper and grade them based on the following rubric. Feel free to mark up the
author’s paper, as if YOU were the instructor. Try to help the author write the best paper possible; use only
constructive criticism.
You will be graded on the quality of your review. How well did you go through the paper? Did the author
benefit from your feedback? Were you able to justify your grade?
Reviewer Pseudonym: Sign your rubric with your pseudonym so the author can report back to me about your
review. Your pseudonym should be something unique but not able to be linked back to your real name. Feel
free to have fun with making it up, and use the same one for both reviews. For example, in school, I once
used “Pink Freud” to review other students in my psychology class.
Tips:
Give positive feedback AND identify errors.
Be polite! Be helpful: Provide guidance to fix errors. For example: Why is a section unclear? As a reader,
what additional information would help you understand the author’s point? Why is a particular sentence
unneeded?
Explain your grade: Why did that person earn that grade? What are they doing right? What are they doing
wrong?
Track changes in Word – see other document on how to do this.
Grade:
You will be graded on the following:
The extent and organization of your review (graded by me)
The timeliness of your review
A grade given by the recipient of your review based on the helpfulness of your comments
You have two papers to grade – please use the rubric below for each