The main topic in the article SKIM is to provide different yet effective ways of revising individuals essays during peer revision. "Academic writing is a collaborative enterprise." (p.273) which allows students to work together with other students, teachers and outside help. The article provided many different steps during your peer revision which allows you to follow and help that essay reach its full potential. During the peer revision process, there is a triangle called The Composition Pyramid which has three different stages. There are three stages: "The top of this inverted pyramid corresponds to the early stages of writing."(pg. 274), "The middle portion of the pyramid corresponds to a later stage of the writing process... discuss the extent to which the writer has organized the argument logically and used sources effectively to support the thesis."(pg. 275) and lastly the bottom of the pyramid is "is the final stages of drafting... the writer's focus shifts to grammar and style..."(pg. 276). By following these stages through out your revision, you are working to help each write the highest potential essay possible. They also provided different multiple questions that you want to answer while revising essays that can lead you to find your strengths and weaknesses. You don't want to just provide negative comments but also positive remarks just to ensure that the writer is on the right path.
Questions:
1. When revising and editing other drafts, are we allowed to have these questions that are provided for us in this passage on the side of us?
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