Attend a social justice campus event and write a 600 word (double-spaced) evaluation of your experience at the event and its connections to our course themes. Remember that the audience is friends who are not in this class and who have not attended the ev

Excellent (A)

Strong (B)

Adequate (C )

Inadequate (D-F)

Description of main themes

4 points

Main themes are vividly described using language accessible to a friend not present at the event

Main themes are competently described using language that is familiar to the course but not to a friend

Main themes are included but with little additional detail. Some language from the course and/or accessible to friends is present but not fully used

Description of main themes are not accessible, are difficult to understand, or are not present

Assessment of audience and audience response

2 points

Audience is described in vivid detail and audience response supported by details that help friend not present at the event understand both response and motivation for the response.

Audience is described and some illustration of audience is included. Response and some motivation for response is included.

Audience is described and response summarized.

Audience is summarized but not described. Response is summarized, but not described.

OR

Description of audience or response is not included.

Description of writer’s experience as an audience member, including personal and/or political response

4 points

Description of the writer’s experience is vividly described and supported with evidence from the event. Connections to personal and/or political response are thorough and illustrated with detail that make connections easy to understand for a reader.

Description of the writer’s experience is described and illustrated with some evidence. Connections to personal and/or political responses are present and supported with some illustrations.

Description of the writer’s experience is included, and connections to personal and/or political responses are made but not illustrated.

Description of the writer’s response is alluded to but not detailed. Connections to personal and/or political responses are unclear or not present.

Connections to course readings

5 points

Connections between the event, the writer’s experience, and 2 course readings are carefully explained so that the reader understands both the main themes of the event and the readings.

Connections between the event, the writer’s experience, and 2 course readings are included and explained in some detail.

Connections between the event, the writer’s experience, and 2 course readings are included, but connections are not easily accessible to a reader.

Connections between the event, the writer’s experience, and course readings are not thorough or are inaccessible to a reader

OR Some element of this requirement is absent.