Sociology Paper

Understanding of course material

(30) – discusses course material where relevant, shows excellent understanding of subject matter

(24) – misses a few places that could bring in class material, shows adequate understanding but not great

(18) – neglects some important references to material covered in class, mistaken discussion of subject matter

(0) – does not discuss any relevant course material

Depth of discussion

(20) – discusses topics in depth, captures theme(s) of the movie well, uses illustrative examples where needed

(16) – discussion could use more explanation, misunderstands theme of the movie, could use more examples

(12) – simply quotes the textbook, does not explain themes of movie, few if any illustrative examples

(0) – discussion is hollow and unintelligible, no explanations, no examples used

Movie Plot

(20) – summarizes the movie plot concisely, brings up relevant plot points for sociological discussion later

(16) – summary is noticeably long or short, could relate to sociology discussion better

(12) – summary is very long or very short, does not relate to sociological discussion much at all

(0) – no summary of movie plot is provided

Clarity of writing

(15) – writing is clear and sensible, easy to follow, has good flow

(12) – writing is not always clear or sensible, hard to follow at times, not much flow

(9) – writing is very difficult to follow, the organization of ideas is unclear/inconsistent

(0) – writing is impossible to follow, paper has no consistency of thought

Thesis statement

(5) – paper makes a defensible argument, written out explicitly

(3) – paper makes a vague argument and/or doesn’t write it explicitly

(0) – paper is missing a thesis statement

Spelling and grammar

(5) – free from spelling and grammatical errors and typos

(3) – has a few spelling and grammatical errors, some typos

(0) – has many spelling and grammatical errors, and many typos

Proper formatting

(5) – uses proper font, page, and paper formatting (see requirements)

(3) – has some formatting errors

(0) – did not follow any of the formatting requirements