Flores/Engl 222 Evaluation/Assessment Rubric for Midterm Exam, with check mark along a scale of Excellent to Weak, and comments to supplement any notes and queries on the online and hard copies of your work:
Initial Criteria for Midterm Exam: Excellent Very Good-Good Competent-Fair Weak
Note: Ultimately the evaluation of your work is holistic,
and therefore also intends to register the different, nuanced,
unexpected and evocative effects of your critical reflection,
exploration, creative expression/affect, and engagement
with learning and discovery.
Part 1.a-b. Strengths/quality of summaries-reflections,
on the content and significance of sub-sections of chapter 15
Part 2. Analysis/understanding of each film’s overall narrative
arc, including cultural/social problems and questions prompted
by the film’s ‘story and its ‘resolution’ or ‘answers’/achievement
Part 2. Analysis of each film’s modes of representation
(form/techniques, how each film works)
Exam’s overall cohesion and coherence,
logical organization, including well-structured paragraphs
with clear points and compelling, specific support/evidence
Exam’s depth/complexity, including recognition of
conflicts/contradictions (ideological/rhetorical/
formal)--“what’s at stake in the film and why it matters”
Effective sentences, syntax, verbs, diction,
punctuation, complexity, and suitable style: academic,
critical, appropriate to your understanding of the
materials/subjects; avoids clichés and trite expressions, avoids
overusing prepositional phrases, appropriately concise