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Purpose and Content
Your purpose is to
present your reactions to the texts that we have been studying.
Feel free to express
your opinions about the readings and the texts we have studied. What do
the works make you think of? What do they remind you of? Why?
Do you agree or disagree with the authors? Feel free to make connections
between one text and another, between the text and your lived experiences,
between the text and what you have heard, read, or seen in other classes or in
other contexts. As much as possible in two pages, you should develop a
full yet concise response to your reading.
Each of the four
response papers should discuss your reactions to one or more works from the
periods listed below:
Response Paper # 1:
Antiquity through the Renaissance
Response Paper # 2:
17th and 18th Centuries
Response Paper # 3:
19th Century
Response Paper # 4:
20th Century
The Technical Parameters
Please follow these
guidelines:
- Each response must
fill at least 2 pages (and no more than 3), typed, double-spaced, using one
of the following fonts:
- Courier New,
size 12
- Bookman, size
12
- Arial, size 12
- The page layout
must follow MLA guidelines. Review the sample on p. 715 of the Holt
Handbook. For your convenience, you may use the template
for MLA Style.
- Your opening
sentence must somehow identify the writers and the works that your paper
discusses.
- All material that
is borrowed from any text—whether quoted, paraphrased, or
summarized—must be documented appropriately following MLA guidelines. Use
parenthetical references rather than footnotes or end notes.
- You must
include a "Work Cited" page. It's a good habit to get into!
Grading Criteria
Because the purpose of
this assignment is to get you to articulate your thoughts and your reactions to
the reading, your papers will be graded as follows.
A.
Excellent—You have articulated a deep, thoughtful response. You
have analyzed what the author says; you have made connections between texts;
and you have made connections beyond the texts. (Making
"connections beyond the text" means that you have recognized
connections between the text and your lived experiences; or between the text
and what you have heard, read, or seen in other classes or in other contexts.)
B.
Good—You have articulated a thoughtful response. You have
analyzed what the author says, and you have made connections between texts.
(Making "connections between texts" means that you have engaged in
some comparing and contrasting of two or more selections from our textbook.)
C.
OK—You have written a so-so response. You have analyzed or
summarized a work or two from our text, but you haven't made any connections
between the two or beyond the text.
F.
Unacceptable—You have forgotten to cite the text and/or any other
source that you discuss!
Those are the basic
grading criteria. In addition to those, be aware that errors in grammar
and mechanics will lower your score by one grade or more, depending on the
severity of the distractions
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