Peer Critique- Proofreading

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1. FINAL DRAFT THESIS.  DUE: Friday, 3/1, Midnight (digital copy). Google Classroom. I will have cookies for all who have turned it in on MONDAY!

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Starter:

1. How do you find small errors in your writing?
2. What kind of errors do you typically make when writing?
   1. Spelling? 
   2. Grammar?
   3. Syntax?
   4. Punctuation?
   5. An endless list?
3. How perfect does your writing need to be for the senior thesis do you think?

The Revision
Today you are going to be going over your partner’s paper with an extremely fine toothed comb. The twist is: you’re not really reading it. It’s proofreading time, where content has no place next to that misplaced comma. 

Use this list of marks to make your proofreading suggestions. These marks are fairly standard across the country. If you go into the writing lab next year, wherever that may be, they will likely use these marks (or something like them) when making proofreading suggestions to your paper. 

Using standard markings ensures that time spent proofreading is time spent proofreading and not deciphering the meaning of poorly drawn hieroglyphics in the margins. 

Directions:
Find your paper in the pile of printed out theses and hand it to your partner. Then, take a pen and start nitpicking. Look for punctuation errors, spelling errors, double spaces, quotation mark mistakes, capitalizations, numbers as words vs numbers, extra words, redundant points, run on sentences, etc… Use the handout to get the markings standardized.