Grading Rubric

• In addition to following the instructions, an A assignment (18-20 points) will also have five or more of the following characteristics:

• Responds to all of the various prompts

• Demonstrates that you have fully understood the assignment and the relevant course material

• Shows an ability to think and write intelligently

• Avoids summarizing the film

• Is written in clear, understandable English

• Contains few or no errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation

• A B assignment (16-17.5 points) will also have four or more of the following characteristics:

• Responds to most of the various prompts

• Demonstrates that you have largely understood the assignment and the relevant course material

• Shows significant ability to think and write intelligently

• Avoids summarizing the film

• Is written in clear, understandable English

• Contains few errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation

• A C assignment (14-15.5 points) will also have three or more of the following characteristics:

• Responds to many of the various prompts

• Demonstrates that you have somewhat understood the assignment and the relevant course material

• Shows some ability to think and write intelligently

• Contains some summarizing of the film

• Is written in occasionally clumsy or confusing English

• Contains multiple errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation

• A D assignment (12-13.5 points) will also have two or more of the following characteristics:

• Responds to few of the various prompts

• Demonstrates that you have only minimally understood the assignment and the relevant course material

• Shows little ability to think and write intelligently

• Contains mainly summarizing of the film

• Is written in clumsy or confusing English

• Contains many errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation

• An F assignment (5.5-11.5 points) will also have any one or more of the following characteristics:

• Responds to none of the various prompts

• Demonstrates that you have not understood the assignment and the relevant course material

• Shows no ability to think and write intelligently

• Contains entirely or almost entirely of summarizing the film

• Is not written in college-level English

• Is littered with errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation

• You will receive no credit (0 points) if your assignment has any one or more of the following characteristics:

• Your class name does not appear at the top of the first page

• The first page is not numbered "1."

• The "I have watched" statement is incorrect or missing

• The assignment shows evidence of your having done outside research (other than watching the film and reading from the textbook.

• The assignment is not submitted by the deadline

• Important note: I will throw away unread any pages which don't have your classroom name and a page number at the top of the page. You must put your name and a page number on every page you'd like me to read!

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