Exchange a few pages of writing with a friend or classmate. Following the guidelines in Figure 6, Commenting on Team Writing, provide written feedback, and then discuss your feedback by taking turns. How do you feel giving and receiving feedback on writing? You might try this exercise with one of your favorite papers. This will challenge you to hear constructive feedback even if you don’t agree with it.

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Do affaldboy Shutterstock.com top/Mope buffaldboy Shutterstock.com Imagine Yourself as the Audience Assume the role of reader-not instructor. Your job is to help the writer, not to grade the assignment. Read first for context and meaning: comment on the large issues first-the information, organization, relevance, and overall clarity for the audience. . Encourage Revisions Avoid taking over the text. Accept that you are reading someone else's writing-not your own. Make constructive suggestions but avoid making decisions or demands. Comment sparingly. Without marking every typo, help the writer apply your feedback throughout the draft. Provide specific, useful feedback (not "I liked this part," but "You did a good job explaining this difficult concept"). Take a Positive Approach Emphasize the writer when giving positive feedback and emphasize the text (rather than the writer) when giving negative feedback: "I'm glad you used the most current data from the annual report." "This argument would be more persuasive for me if it contained the most current data." Use "1" language (not "You need to make this clearer," but "I was confused by this customer description").