-Papers-
Grade: A• Your topic is specific, focused and well thought out.
• Your thesis is clear and the organization of your paper is logical, coherent and organized.
• You effectively apply a theoretical concept, or concepts, from the course in your analysis.
• You make effective use of primary and secondary research to supplement your argument and lay out your position.
• Your resources are appropriate for a college level course and are appropriately cited.
• Your writing is free of spelling and grammatical errors.
Grade: B
• Your topic is focused and well thought out.
• Your thesis is clear but the organization of your paper could use some work.
• You make use of a concept or concepts from the course, but they need to be better explained and/or situated within your analysis.
• Your research is adequate but you primarily relied on course assignments without doing extensive research.
• Your resources are appropriate for a college level course and are appropriately cited.
• Your writing contains a few spelling and/or grammatical problems.
Grade: C
• Your topic is not entirely clear and is either unspecific or only loosely connected to our coursework.
• Your thesis is not pronounced and your organization needs considerable work.
• You make reference to a theoretical concept or concepts from the course but you do not explain them well or use them effectively.
• You did the bare minimum of research for your paper and the materials do not contribute a great deal to your argument.
• Your resources are appropriate for a college level course, but are not appropriately quoted, cited or integrated into your paper.
• Your paper does not include a formal bibliography or list of works cited.
• Your paper needs to be proofread for spelling and/or grammatical errors.
Grade: D
• Your topic is either too vague or only loosely connected to our coursework.
• Your paper does not have a clear thesis and/or is poorly organized.
• You do not make a clear connection between your topic and a theoretical concept or concepts from the course.
• You paper is not well researched and makes no reference to reading materials assigned during the semester.
• Your resources are not appropriate for a college level course and are not appropriately used (or cited) in your paper.
• Your paper does not include a bibliography or list of works cited.
• Your paper has numerous spelling and grammatical errors.
Grade: F
• Your topic is unclear and/or unrelated to our coursework.
• Your paper suffers from a lack of clarity and/or organization.
• You make no clear connection between your topic and any theoretical concepts from the course.
• Your paper demonstrates a general lack of research.
• Your resources are inappropriate for a college level course, i.e. are most likely taken from random sites on the Internet or have little intellectual relevance to our course.
• Your paper suffers from a variety of spelling and grammatical problems and is clearly not proofread.
• Your paper does not include a bibliography or list of works cited.
Grade: Zero
• You either did not turn in the assignment or plagiarized material in your paper.
