ADDITIONS

-- "Good" in margin = +3 or more

Quotes FROM OUR ANTHOLOGY OR OTHER ASSIGNED READINGS included +1, well integrated +2 or more; up to +10 points total for quotations.

Pictures with labels, +1 each, IF also referred to in the text +2 each; up to + 10 points total for pictures (beyond the required picture)

SUBTRACTIONS include, but are not limited to, the following

Major errors first project: -3, minor errors -2, infelicities –1. Same errors repeated in second project –7, -4, -3, etc. This system is employed to strongly encourage you to master time management, the secret of rewriting.

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LENGTH OF THE ESSAY:

No word count –10
Inaccurate word count – 5-25
Word count inflated by counting quotations or references: -5 to -20, depending on the amount of the inflation.
Less than minimum words : 50 words or so less –10; 100 words or so –15 etc. Obviously, the more words you write the greater the risk of error. Thus some may be tempted to write as little as possible and thereby expect a better grade than those who wrote more. Hence the penalty must be fairly heavy because we don’t want to penalize those who do the assignment and reward those who do not.

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DOCUMENTATION

No documentation - 25
Wrong documentation system- 10
Incomplete or incorrect documentation -5

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OTHER:

No title -5
No page numbers -5
Not double spaced -5
No folder -10
No name legible on the folder -5
Folder missing items: -5 to -25 for each missing item
-25 for missing previous project with instructor edits
-20 for missing previous project rubrics with instructor numbers

MULTIMEDIA

Pictures not in color in hard copy -5
No captions on pictures: -1 per picture
No source information for pictures: -1 per picture
No pictures - 10