For workshoppers:
1) You can introduce the paper, talking about particular difficulties or areas that you'd especially like feedback on.
2) Read your paper LOUDLY and SLOWLY.
For commenters:
1) Everyone prepares a comment or question, in case I call on you.
2) Begin your comment/questions with a specific, real compliment.
3) You can ask a question of me about practices that pertain to everyone, e. g. how to punctuate around quotations, etc.
Kinds of comments to offer:
To Do Well:
Ask questions about form (grammar, punctuation), expression;
Identify places where a point is unclear;
Ask questions about organization.
To Do Better:
Suggest an additional way of fondling the evidence, of getting more out of it;
Suggest alternative pieces of evidence;
Offer help with the conclusion or introduction.
To Do Best:
Suggest a refinement or development of the paper's thesis;
Make a comment that urges the writer toward a more compelling thesis, one that showcases original thinking;
Engage the author in discussion about the nature of the text she writes about.
Sample comments:
a. “Another good example would be…”
b. “You could also say that…”
c. “I’m not sure I got this point. Could you tell it to me?”
d. “There might be another way to read this passage…”
e. “You could support this point even more if you added a passage from…”
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