{"id":"study2-peer-review-email-to-sam","audience":"college","category":"writing-feedback","technique":"tone","track":"study","level":"advanced","title":"Write a peer review email with one strength and two questions","free":false,"task":"Write the peer review email to your workshop partner Sam: under 100 words, plain text, start with 'Hi Sam,' and end with '- Alex'. Give exactly one specific strength, then exactly two questions (not commands) about the biggest gaps against the checklist. Suggest no rewording.","materialLabel":"Sam's draft and the workshop checklist (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"WRITING 101 - Peer workshop\n\nSAM'S INTRO DRAFT (Essay: school lunches)\n\"At 11:42 every day, the vending machine outside Room 114 sells out of the only snack that costs less than a dollar. Hundreds of students walk past it hungry because the cafeteria line is too long to finish lunch. Our school's lunch period is only 25 minutes. This essay is about school lunches.\"\n\nWORKSHOP CHECKLIST\n1. Hook: grabs attention with something specific.\n2. Context: tells the reader why the topic matters.\n3. Thesis: makes an arguable claim (not just a topic).\n4. Roadmap: previews the main points in order.\n\nWorkshop rules: be kind, be specific, ask questions instead of telling the writer what to write.\nMy (Alex's) opinion: the hook is the best part.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":100},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Fixing Sam's draft","why":"The AI rewrites the thesis for Sam, which defeats peer review.","fix":"Say: \"Ask questions only. Suggest no wording.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Generic praise","why":"The AI says 'great job' instead of pointing to a line.","fix":"Add: \"One strength, specific to a line in the draft.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Missing the frame","why":"Without greeting and sign-off the email is not ready to send.","fix":"Say: \"Start with Hi Sam, and end with - Alex.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total and it often lands 20% over.","fix":"Cap each part: \"each line under 12 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it's going","why":"AI formats for a screen, with bold and headings that show up as stray symbols.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives greeting and sign-off","patterns":["hi sam","- alex"]},{"label":"Asks for one strength","patterns":["one (specific )?strength","\\b(1|one)\\b.{0,15}strength"]},{"label":"Asks for two questions","patterns":["\\b(2|two)\\b.{0,15}question"]},{"label":"Uses the checklist","patterns":["checklist","thesis","roadmap"]},{"label":"Bans rewording","patterns":["(don't|do not|no|never|not).{0,25}(rewrit|suggest|wording|tell)"]}],"hint":"Peer feedback is a tone problem. Fix the frame, count the strengths and questions, tie them to the checklist, and ban rewriting.","mission":"Email a classmate kind, useful feedback on their draft.","musts":["One specific strength","Exactly two questions","No suggested wording"],"rubricLabels":["Starts with 'Hi Sam,' and ends with '- Alex'","Names exactly one strength and it is specific to the draft (for example the 11:42 vending machine hook), and not generic praise","Asks exactly two questions about the thesis and the roadmap gaps, with no commands and no suggested wording for Sam's sentences"]}