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Rewrite of 'Member vs. Leader': Peer Review
and Summer Vacation Homework Assignment.
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  In process writing, revision is the most important stage. Here, your message and your language becomes clearer. However, first we need someone to read our essay and give us advice. We need to know if our message is clear or not.

  We don't need advice about grammar so much. An unclear essay with correct grammar is still unclear.  Also, you will find that as you change your essay to make your message clearer, you will see changes that need to be made in grammar. Focusing like this is like magic! Finally, learning how to be critical about other people's writng helps you to learn how to see your own writing more objectively.

  Today, we will work in pairs and give our parnter advice about their essay. Take your time and try to give your partner some good suggestions!
After that go to criterion and rewrite your essay. Let's get a better score this time!

   You can download the sheet here.

  Summer Vacation Homework
  1) Post your essay about cellular phones on the BBS as you normally do, as a 'new topic'.
  2) Read your partner's essay and give them the same type of advice that you do today. Remember, to give them advice about the content of their essay, and whether the message is clear or not.
  3) You may choose to use your partner's advice to make a rewrite before you hand the essay in for the contest.