IS 101 Response to a Post: Pollution

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GROUND RULES/GUIDELINES FOR PEER REVIEW

Read a draft all the way through before you begin to comment on it.

Give yourself enough time to read and respond.

If something on the feedback form is unclear, ask the instructor.

Point out the strengths of the draft.

When discussing areas that need improvement, be nice. Offer appropriate, constructive comments from a reader's point of view.

Make comments text-specific, referring specifically to the writer's draft (NO "rubber stamps" such as "awkward" or "unclear" or "vague," which are too general to be helpful).

Don't overwhelm the writer with too much commentary. Stick to the major issues on the feedback form that are problematic.

Make sure your suggestions are reasonable (i.e., don't suggest that they totally rewrite the paper because you didn't agree with the author's point of view or didn't like the topic).

Before giving your written comments to the author, reread your comments to make sure they are clear and make sense.

"As a peer reviewer, your job is not to provide answers. You raise questions; the writer makes the choices. You act as a mirror, showing the writer how the draft looks to you and pointing out areas which need attention." - Sharon Williams

APPROPRIATE, CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENTS

Be respectful and considerate of the writer's feelings.

Use "I" statements.

Offer suggestions, not commands.

Raise questions from a reader's point of view, points that may not have occurred to the writer.

Phrase comments clearly and carefully so that the writer can easily understand what needs to be improved.

Make sure comments are constructive and specific (not "This paper is confusing. It keeps saying the same things over and over again" but rather "It sounds like paragraph five makes the same point as paragraphs 2 and 3.").

Avoid turning the writer's paper into YOUR paper.

Final tip: Although it might not be on the feedback form, you can always ask the writer if there is something he or she wants you to comment specifically on in the paper.

After receiving feedback, please do the following:

In your group, summarize the feedback you received and discuss the changes you plan to make in your upcoming revision.

Final draft of Report 1 is due in one week. Submit a cover memo along with your finished writing explaining how you revised in response to the reviews you received.

Peer Review for Report 1

The goals of peer review are 1) to help improve your classmate's paper by pointing out strengths and weaknesses that may not be apparent to the authors, and 2) to help improve editing skills.

INSTRUCTIONS

In the Discussion Thread, read the paper assigned to you twice, once to get an overview of the paper, and a second time to provide constructive criticism for the authors to use when revising their paper. Then in your reply answer the questions below. Copy and paste these questions into another document to write your answers, then copy and paste into the Discussion Thread.

Organization

Is the information arranged (indentations and bulleting) and basic sections adequate (Title page, Executive Summary, Table of contents, List of figures, Voice of the customer, Problem identification, Conclusion/Next steps, References) in a way that makes it easy to skim and still get central information? If not, what is missing?

Grammar and Style

Does the paper use a professional tone that is formal and instructive?

Were there any grammatical or spelling problems?

Content

Is the content of each paragraph appropriate for each section?

Do you understand what their customer needs by reading their paper?

Does the paper avoid vagueness by stating specific details?

Do they use the right amount of graphics? Are they good quality?

Is there evidence they have done research?

Are the next steps clear?

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Introduction The 21" century is often called the age of excess. Too much food, too much clothes, too much everything. The list goes on and on, but the part that people often times skip over is the excess of waste that the human population has been disposing of. Some of this waste can be disposed of properly through means of decomposition or recycling, but there are some kinds of waste that can not be disposed of easily. Plastic is one of the products that cannot decompose and is sometimes not economically feasible for countries or companies to recycle. This is a problem because if the plastic waste is not decomposing or being recycled properly then what is happening with it? Often it will just sit in a landfill somewhere collecting dust, or even worse, sitting in a populated area of a third world country. Some cities in third world countries are littered with so much plastic waste that people will live in it. Luckily there are ways in which normal people who don't work for any company that specializes in recycling plastic can contribute to cutting back on wasteful plastics. How can they help? Luckily there are companies and people who have created machines that people can build on their own to aid in this process. There is one in particular that shreds any kind of plastic waste down into small pellets and it was designed by the company Precious Plastics. After downloading the files, they can be a little confusing and for someone who isn't familiar with technology or has knowledge in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) field. So our group has taken it upon ourselves to create our own manual for this machine to help aid anyone who might be interested in cutting back on plastic waste. Identifying Constraints The confusing part to most when downloading the files for the plastic shredder from the Precious Plastics' website is there are about 200 files to skim through. There is a manual they provide but it just has very basic knowledge and no explanation of how to put together the machine, how to operate it, or even maintain it. The company leaves trying to figure out how to get the parts and put them together to the user. We need to create one manual that has a lot of content in it, but at the same time cannot confuse the reader. We need to assume that the user is not an engineer, so try and stay away from technical terms. If technical terms must be used, provide in depth explanation. Lastly, the layout of the manual has to be in chronological order so the reader can go from one page to the one after, not having to skip around a lot. 2
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Response to a Post: Pollution
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Response to a Post: Pollution
Hello, I agree with you that the supply of various commodities in the 21st century is
excess. Similarly, waste products disposed on the environment has increased drastically in the
21st century. Human beings are disposing different types of wastes to the environment thu...


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