GRADING CRITERIA
Each section below is worth two (2) points; unacceptable work earns 0, and exceptional work earns 2. The assignment counts for ten (10) points of the final grade.
Summary
Is it coherent and complete?
Essay Structure
Does the writer establish a thesis? Does the paper develop this thesis with clear organization?
Sentence & Paragraph Structure
Does the writer communicate ideas in well structured, strong sentences?...paragraphs?
Grammar
Is the English correct?
Overall Quality of Assignment
Has the writer turned in a good essay?
FINAL DRAFT DUE: Week Three, Day Two, in class...!
GENERAL TIPS
● Come up with an original title, your own headline for your essay.
● The author/narrator IS George Orwell. He really lived these experiences!
● Sum up the reading FULLY in one-to-two paragraphs BEFORE you start to respond, BEFORE you state your thesis and develop it with a personal story.
● BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT PLAGIARISM! If you want to paraphrase, be sure that you use YOUR OWN WORDS; if you want to quote, be sure to put the author’s words in quotation marks; beware of using the author’s exact wording without quote-marks! And always cite your source(s)!
● PAPER FORMAT!!! This part is super-easy! Get your margins correct (1” all around), and eliminate extra spacing, etc. (See “Paper Details” on the syllabus, page two.)
● When I recommend a tutor, PLEASE GO SEE A TUTOR – if you don’t follow the doctor’s advice, will your health last? ALSO: DON’T GO SEE YOUR OWN “TUTOR” – BE SURE TO USE THE TRUMAN TUTORING CENTER … I can tell when your “friends” help you too much!
● I try to give good, honest criticism and advice so that my students may improve and bring their work up to an “acceptable” level – PLEASE take my comments as assistance, NOT an attack…!
● SAVE YOUR ROUGH DRAFT, AND BE SURE TO STAPLE IT TO THE BACK OF YOUR NEXT DRAFT, WHICH YOU WILL TURN IN FOR A GRADE.
Posted by Benjamin at September 7, 2006 12:10 PM