ePerformance - employee comments enabled after discussing with manager

Good day,

I'm quite new to ePerformance.  I thought if I add the delivered Employee Comments Section to my ePerformance template, this would give the employees the ability to add comments right before acknowledging the evaluation (Status =Pending Acknowledgement).  Can somebody tell me if I'm doing this wrong?

Based on Peoplebooks the way I configured it should work (picture 1). I have also attached my setup on the employee comment section (picture 2) and the template setup (picture 3).  I am using the Approval Before Employee Review Process - 3-Step process with the Manager's Manager approving.  I have attached a picture of the evaluation in Pending Acknowledgement status showing the employee comments are still not editable (Picture 4).