Peer Review Assignment  Due Week 8 and worth 50 points  Peer reviews should provide feedback to a peer on the criteria expected in the paper. The Week 8 Feedback Form can be downloaded from the Appendices section of the course guide by clicking the link here. Follow these instructions: For Online Students: 1. Choose a classmate's paper from the "Easy Drop off/Pick up Zone" discussion thread in the course shell. 2. Obtain the Peer Review Feedback Form from the course shell.  3. Comment on all criteria, noting strengths and / or areas for improvement on the feedback form.  4. Provide completed Peer Review Feedback Form by posting it to the same "Easy Drop off/Pick up Zone" discussion thread AND submitting it to the Peer Review Assignment link above. For On-ground Students: 1. Receive a classmate’s paper from your professor. 2. Obtain the Peer Review Feedback Form from the course shell.  3. Comment on all criteria, noting strengths and / or areas for improvement on the feedback form. 4. Provide completed Peer Review Feedback Form and classmate’s paper as directed by your professor. Note: On-ground students should submit the feedback form and paper to the professor during the class meeting in which the paper is reviewed; online students should submit the feedback form and paper to the professor via the "Easy Drop off/Pick up Zone" discussion thread and Peer Review Assignment link in the course shell. As you read a classmate’s paper, address these criteria: · Identify the course, assignment, and date. · Provide positive feedback, where appropriate, on the criteria. · Identify areas for improvement, where appropriate, and recommend improvements.   The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: · Recognize the elements and correct use of a thesis statement.  · Recognize transitional words, phrases, and sentences. · Identify effective sentence variety and word choice.  · Identify positive qualities and opportunities for improvement in writing samples. · Analyze the rhetorical strategies of ethos, pathos, logos in writing samples and for incorporation into essays or presentations.  · Correct grammatical and stylistic errors consistent with Standard Written English · Recognize how to organize ideas with transitional words, phrases, and sentences. Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric. Points: 50 Assignment: Peer Review Criteria Unacceptable Below 60% F Meets Minimum Expectations 60-69% D Fair 70-79% C Proficient 80-89% B Exemplary 90-100% A 1. Identify the course, assignment, and date. Weight: 10% Did not submit or incompletely identified the course, assignment, and date. Insufficiently identified the course, assignment, and date.  Partially identified the course, assignment, and date. Satisfactorily identified the course, assignment, and date. Thoroughly identified the course, assignment, and date. 2. Gi.

1. Peer Review Assignment
Due Week 8 and worth 50 points
Peer reviews should provide feedback to a peer on the criteria
expected in the paper. The Week 8 Feedback Form can be
downloaded from the Appendices section of the course guide by
clicking the link here. Follow these instructions:
For Online Students:
1. Choose a classmate's paper from the "Easy Drop off/Pick up
Zone" discussion thread in the course shell.
2. Obtain the Peer Review Feedback Form from the course
shell.
3. Comment on all criteria, noting strengths and / or areas for
improvement on the feedback form.
4. Provide completed Peer Review Feedback Form by posting it
to the same "Easy Drop off/Pick up Zone" discussion thread
AND submitting it to the Peer Review Assignment link above.
For On-ground Students:
1. Receive a classmate’s paper from your professor.
2. Obtain the Peer Review Feedback Form from the course
shell.
3. Comment on all criteria, noting strengths and / or areas for
improvement on the feedback form.
4. Provide completed Peer Review Feedback Form and
classmate’s paper as directed by your professor.
Note: On-ground students should submit the feedback form and
paper to the professor during the class meeting in which the
paper is reviewed; online students should submit the feedback
form and paper to the professor via the "Easy Drop off/Pick up
Zone" discussion thread and Peer Review Assignment link in
the course shell.
As you read a classmate’s paper, address these criteria:
· Identify the course, assignment, and date.
· Provide positive feedback, where appropriate, on the criteria.
· Identify areas for improvement, where appropriate, and

2. recommend improvements.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
· Recognize the elements and correct use of a thesis statement.
· Recognize transitional words, phrases, and sentences.
· Identify effective sentence variety and word choice.
· Identify positive qualities and opportunities for improvement
in writing samples.
· Analyze the rhetorical strategies of ethos, pathos, logos in
writing samples and for incorporation into essays or
presentations.
· Correct grammatical and stylistic errors consistent with
Standard Written English
· Recognize how to organize ideas with transitional words,
phrases, and sentences.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality,
logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills,
using the following rubric.
Points: 50
Assignment: Peer Review
Criteria
Unacceptable
Below 60% F
Meets Minimum Expectations
60-69% D
Fair
70-79% C
Proficient
80-89% B
Exemplary

3. 90-100% A
1. Identify the course, assignment, and date.
Weight: 10%
Did not submit or incompletely identified the course,
assignment, and date.
Insufficiently identified the course, assignment, and date.
Partially identified the course, assignment, and date.
Satisfactorily identified the course, assignment, and date.
Thoroughly identified the course, assignment, and date.
2. Give positive feedback on the criteria where appropriate.
Weight: 45%
Did not submit or incompletely gave positive feedback on the
criteria where appropriate.
Insufficiently gave positive feedback on the criteria where
appropriate.
Partially gave positive feedback on the criteria where
appropriate.
Satisfactorily gave positive feedback on the criteria where
appropriate.
Thoroughly gave positive feedback on the criteria where
appropriate.
3. Identify areas for improvement, where appropriate.
Weight: 45%
Did not submit or incompletely identified areas for
improvement, where appropriate.
Insufficiently identified areas for improvement, where
appropriate.
Partially identified areas for improvement, where appropriate.
Satisfactorily identified areas for improvement, where
appropriate.
Thoroughly identified areas for improvement, where
appropriate.
Given what you have read about Muslims and Islam this week,
how does it differ from the media?

4. If you are military, how does this week's readings and materials
compare with your personal experiences?
Do you know any Muslims? If so, what are your experiences
with them?
If you are Muslim, what would you like us to know about you
and your religion?
Can you name some celebrity Muslims?
300 to 400 words
Early Prevention leads to a longer life
Jonathan K. Williams
Research and Writing
Dr. Saraswathi Lakshmanan
Week 7 assignment 4
February 19, 2017
The most precious gift that we can give our children is the
opportunity for a healthier life. The world we live in today is
composed of violence, crime, and illnesses that become harder
to control. Teaching children earlier on in life that preventions
and vaccinations help in the attempt to combat potential
diseases that threaten their everyday life only adds value. We
only get one life and it is up to us to make smarter and wiser
decisions early on to elongate the life that we will live. Early
vaccinations are crucial to the prevention of disease and illness
that we may not face until the latter years of our lives.
Based on the times that we live in, vaccinations are even more

5. crucial now than 20 years ago, when the need was much less
widespread. Children should not be allowed to attend public or
private schools without proper vaccination and prevention
methods being utilized. Parents should be held accountable for
failure to keep children’s records current and up to date. Going
through public school without any physical contact could stunt
the child’s social and mental development, not even including
the seemingly unknown medical consequences.
In past times, children who were not vaccinated would not be
able to attend school and parents had to provide such documents
to prove the record of vaccination. Parents were held
accountable for keeping records up to date but it seems as if the
pressure have eased quite a bit in the last few years. Although
all 50 states require vaccination and shot records be kept
current for all students, often times parents are able to sign a
waiver under certain circumstances. All 50 states allow medical
exemptions, 47 states allow religious exemptions, and 17 states
allow philosophical exemptions. National Vaccine Information
Center (NVIC), "State Vaccine Requirements," www.nvic.org
Quite often pediatricians will not treat children who have not
been vaccinated. Legal experts believe that parents who do not
vaccinate their children should be subject to criminal
prosecution (including criminally negligent homicide and
monetary damages) if their unvaccinated children infect and
harm other children who are too young or to receive
vaccinations. National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC),
"State Vaccine Requirements," www.nvic.org
Studies show that over 75% of all children receive some sort of
vaccination during their lifetime. Children who have exemptions
to these laws are at greater risk for contracting venereal
diseases and transmitting disease to children too young to be
vaccinated, persons with medical conditions to immunization,
and persons who do not develop protective responses to
vaccines typically built up by the body’s immune system. Many
parents claim exemptions because they only feel the need to
vaccinate against serious diseases that are well known around

6. the world. A recent article from James Pediatrics shows that
22% of all illnesses found in adults ages 25-50 could have been
avoided if prior immunization were kept current during infant
and adolescent years.
http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/4860
11. That’s 2 out of every 10 people who are diagnosed with
serious illnesses each day.
However, this is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of how
beneficial vaccinations can be to the long-term health of the
children in general. Many studies, reports, and surveys have
been conducted in efforts to prove both sides of the spectrum.
But the true lies in the numbers that are associated with some of
the main diseases that children, teens, and adults face through-
out their lifetime. Below you will the results of studies that
have been done that explain the importance of early
vaccinations for children:
For an idea on the main impact vaccines have had on our health,
here an infographic from Forbes How Vaccines Have Changed
Our World In One Graphic:
The results themselves show that early vaccinations can
significantly decrease the likelihood of common illnesses that
we all face throughout our lives. Some of the diseases that have
plagues society for hundreds of years have been reduced to very
minimal impacts in society. However, this is only through the
use of vaccinations are precautionary steps. Although there
would be no way to completely eradicate illness and sickness
from our modern world, we can do our part to deter it just a
little bit. If we think more about the life of others as well as our
own, we will then fully understand how actions affect other as
well. Health is a major concern for everyone one and putting
potentially putting other children in harm’s way seems quite
selfish on our behalf.
When are, we going to be consistent with our expectations? Are

7. we waiting on the next big epidemic to erupts? Are we waiting
for it to happen to someone that it close to us? There are several
questions that we must ask ourselves and important questions
that need to be answered. We cannot continue waiting on
something to happen or someone to take a stand. It starts with
us as parents making the right decision for our kids early on and
not waiting until the last minute.
There are also moral values that should come into mind when
talking about the health and care of children. As parents, we all
want the best for our children and a life that is free of sickness.
It is not only our moral duty but also our ethical right as human
beings to be empathetic to the possible harm to others. Social
responsibility is something that we should all take more
seriously. Exposing unvaccinated children into a mass
environment with hundreds of other children, faculty, and staff
members not only increases their chances of contracting
diseases but also increase the chance of other children being
exposed to diseases that may have been protected otherwise.
Parents asking for exemptions signifies that not only does the
parent not care about the well-being of their own children, but
they also show no regard for the well-being of others as well.
States have vaccination laws for a reason and as law abiding
citizens, we should not be looking for a way out. Mandating
vaccinations and ensuring that children who are not vaccinated
remain separated from the mass public, ensures that we reduce
the risk of a widespread epidemic.
Refences:
Pat Bradley, "Vermont Governor Signs Bill Removing
Philosophical Exemption from Vaccine Choice," wamc.org, May
29, 2015
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), "Childcare
and School Immunization Requirements," www.2a.cdc.gov, June
23, 2008

8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), "School
Vaccination Requirements, Exemptions and Web Links,"
www.cdc.gov, July 21, 2011
National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL), "States with
Religious and Philosophical Exemptions from School
Immunization Requirements," www.ncsl.org, Dec. 2009
National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC), "State Vaccine
Requirements," www.nvic.org (accessed Jan. 22, 2010)
http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/4860
11
infographic from Forbes How Vaccines Have Changed Our
World In One Graphic:
ENG 215 – Appendix A: Peer Review Feedback Form 2
Appendix A: Peer Review Feedback Form 2
Reviewer’s Name: _
Date: __
Writer’s Assigned #: _
Course:____
Section:__
Assignment 4: Persuasive Paper Part 2:
Solution
and Advantages

9. Peer reviews should provide feedback to a peer on the criteria
expected in the paper. Follow these instructions:
1) Receive a classmate’s paper from your professor (in class if
on-ground; by e-mail if online).
2) Copy the Peer Review Feedback Form from the Appendix.
3) Comment on all criteria, noting strengths and / or areas for
improvement on the feedback form.
4) Provide completed Peer Review Feedback Form and
classmate’s paper to your professor.
Note: On-ground students should submit the feedback form and
paper to the professor during the class meeting in which the
paper is reviewed; online students should submit the feedback
form and paper to the professor via the Assignment Tab in the
course shell.
Criteria
+ Strengths
Comments < Areas for Improvement
Part 1
1. Revise, using feedback from the professor and classmates,
your Persuasive Paper Part I - A Problem Exists.
Part 2
2. Included a defensible, relevant thesis statement clearly in the

10. first paragraph.
3. Explain a detailed, viable solution that supports your thesis.
This should be one or two (1-2) paragraphs.
4. State, explain, and support the first advantage (economic,
social, political, environmental, social, equitable, ethical/moral,
etc.) to your solution. This should be one or two (1-2)
paragraphs.
5. State, explain, and support the second advantage (economic,
social, political, environmental, social, equitable, ethical/moral,
etc.) to your solution. This should be one or two (1-2)
paragraphs.
6. State, explain, and support the third (and fourth if desired)
advantage (economic, social, political, environment, social,
equitable, ethical/moral, etc.) to your solution. This should be
one or two (1-2) paragraphs.

11. 7. Use effective transitional words, phrases, and sentences.
8. Provide a concluding paragraph
/transitional paragraph that summarizes the proposed solution
and its advantages.
9. Develop a coherently structured paper with an introduction,
body, and conclusion.
10. Use one or more rhetorical strategies (ethos, logos, pathos)
to explain advantages.
11. Support advantage claims with at least three (3) additional
quality relevant references. Use at least six (6) total for Parts 1
& 2.
12. Other