Scoring a Sample Shorpy Photograph Analysis

 This is a sample of the Shorpy Photograph Analysis, written for the same assignment that you have due on Monday, July 13th. Please read this es-say and score it using the rubric that follows it. (I change the student names on all the sample es-says to those of distant ancestors of mine.) 

  Tell me shortly why you graded how you did so I'm able to answer comments from professor  

Grading and Revising Sheet for Shorpy Photo Analysis, ENGL 1302      __ / 50 

____ 3 pts.  Distinctive title, with some pre-thesis “What?” and, ideally, “So what?”, too. 

____ 2 pts.  APA format on the title page and pa-per headings 

____6 pts.  Active voice with transitive verbs (SVO) only in every clause of each paragraph’s  

                   first sentence

____3 pts.  Bolded thesis in the first paragraph 

____8 pts.  Divisible, debatable, thesis with engaging “motivating move” claim easily seen in  

                    bolded thesis 

____3 pts.  “Who, what, where, when, and why” –level introduction 

____4 pts.  Historical context with connections to the photo 

____3 pts.  Analysis of the photo – what makes it memorable aside from its historical value?

____3 pts.  APA in-text citation

____7 pts.  Grammar, sentence structure, punctuation

____2 pts.  APA reference list

____3 pts.  Effective transitions, “known-new” contracts, between sentences and paragraphs

____3 pts.  Conclusion consistent with the thesis