The Paper

Congratulations!  You all made it through the first paper (assuming you turned it in).  I've graded them all, on a 100-point scale, using the following rubric:

		Possible points
Lede (15%)	ID class data	3
	ID pew data	3
	ID connection	5
	Interpretive statement	4
Story #1 (30%)	Provide link and ID	4
	Coherent description	5
	Describe Example	5
	Analyze Example's effectiveness	8
	Reflect on personal response	8
Story #2 (30%)	Provide link and ID	4
	Coherent description	5
	Describe Example	5
	Analyze Example's effectiveness	8
	Reflect on personal response	8
Conclusion (15%)	Identify an issue	5
	Reflect on implications	10
Technical (10%)	Grammar, spelling, punctuation	5
	Basic style issues (awkward sentence structure, etc.)	5
		100

Scores ranged from low-20s to 90 points, with a big cluster around 60 points. This graph shows the distribution:



So...

What's this all mean? 

I'm not giving out letter grades for this assignment.  Rather, your score on the 100-point scale goes into tallying your final grade in the class.

As I mentioned last week, you get the choice, since this was the first paper, of letting it count for 10 percent of your grade (as is on the syllabus) or reducing the weight of this assignment to 5 percent and giving the final paper a weight of 15 percent (instead of 10 percent, as the syllabus has it). 

So...  If you're taking this paper for 10 percent of your grade, just divide your total score by 10.  If you're taking this paper for 5 percent of your grade, divide by 20.  That's the total number of points on the full semester's scale that this paper got (or cost) you.

I'm about to email you your papers with comments and your score out of 100 points.  If you want to see the full breakdown for your paper or have any questions for me, just write back.

Onward!