Laure Ingabire English 1102 Responding-Really Responding Assignment After having read Straub's article, respond to the following:

Describe your previous experiences with workshopping. If you have never had a peer workshop session, discuss teacher feedback (both good and bad--essentially what has worked and what hasn't worked). Articulate the difference between editing and revision. At what stage of the writing process do you edit vs. revise? Is it necessary to do both, and defend your position. What are some concerns you have about peer workshopping? Describe at least two suggestions and cite* from Straub's article, explaining the strategy he suggests and how you see yourself implementing it during our workshops in class. *When parenthetically citing from Straub's article, be sure to use the appropriate citation style for your major. Remember you can consult the UNCC library homepage under "Research and Course Help" and select "Citation Tools." Throughout most of high school, teachers have always incorporated some sort of peer review and peer edits on writing assignment. Essentially, the purpose of the revisions were to open ones eyes on ways that the writing can improve, maybe even acknowledging that the work is already at its best, which seldom happens. The idea of revision is really good- the fact that people that are working on the same assignment can give you feedback on how to make your own work better. Ultimately, though, peer review never works out the way it should. I really appreciate getting feedback from teachers, because they truly try to give out the most constructive criticisms, but when left up to students, they tend to get lazy with their comments and it is rarely ever helpful. There is a slight difference between editing and revising someones paper, thought both work hand in hand. Revision seems more personal, allowing for the edits on the paper to be evaluated and transformed into the new work. Edits usually come before revision; they allow a fresh point of view and new ideas to be formulated. Revision takes the edits into account to construct a final product. I found Straubs piece really helpful. I have never been a strong peer editor; I knew what suggestions to give but never how to put it into words so that it would benefit the writer. Something that I really identified with while reading the piece was dont set out to seek and destroy all errors and problems in the writing. Youre not an editor. Youre not a teacher. Youre not a cruise missile. I have always dreaded doing peer edits in English classes, but after reading this piece I realized that peer editing is not only for the benefit of the writer, but also the peer editor. By being able to pin-point errors in other peoples work, one will have less trouble identifying errors in their own writing. Straub R. Responding-Really Responding- To Other Students Writing. In: Bishop W. The Subject is Writing. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Publishers; 1999: 136-146