Read this peer to peer to teacher interview for "What will history say about me?"

Assignment: Write an essay/story that describes what an archaeologist would find 1000 years from now from your life. Identify at least four artifacts and describe what he/she would say about you based on finding these artifacts. Here is a script of a portion of an actual interaction taking place between two students using peer review for the first time with a teacher. The students had time to review each other's work, using a rubric, before this conversation (Names have been changed as the students were shy about people knowing who they are). . Teacher: "Can you explain to me a little of how you reviewed Olivia's essay?" Candace: "She like has, like, she can put more stuff in her (stops talking)...." Teacher: "What is she missing anything specific? Did she have four things that the archaeologist found?" Candace: "Yeah, uhh, she could add what he thought about it." Teacher: "Oh, and what do we call that?" Candace: "A hy..." Olivia: "A hypothesis" Teacher: "So you will want to add that to your essay right? Olivia, do you think that is a fair critique?" Olivia: "Yeah" Teacher: "So what did you like about it?" Candace: "She wrote that he found an ipod" Teacher: "Why do you like that he will have found her ipod" Candace: "Because it's a generation 4 he will know the year of the ipod". Teacher: "Very good...those are the clues Mr. Simpson was talking about that an archaeologist would use to make better hypotheses. Olivia, what did you think of Candace's essay?" Olivia: "Hers was good." Teacher: "What was good about it?" Olivia: "I like how she put all four details Teacher: "When you say details, what do you mean?" Olivia: "I meant the artifacts." Teacher: "What were her artifacts?" Olivia: "Pictures from when she was a little girl, a report card, videos." Teacher: "Anything specific?" Olivia: "No, not really." Teacher: "Should you suggest that she put a specific picture in?" Olivia: "Yes" Teacher: "Why" Olivia: {silence} Teacher: "If you remember we do want to talk about a specific picture or specific event, because it will be difficult to make your presentation next week if you don't have a specific event in mind. Do have a specific event you can think about to add to your presentation?" Candace: "I have a picture of me at a farm that my parents took me to" Teacher: "What did you do at that farm? Candace: "Pet animals." Teacher: "How old were you?" Candace: "Like 8." Teacher: "What might an archaeologist think if they saw you in that picture?" Candace: "That I lived on a farm" Teacher: "Would that be true?" Candace: "No" Teacher: "So what does that tell us about artifacts?" Candace: "That someone could get the wrong idea sometimes".