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