Grading Rubric for Papers (79-201)



| |Sophisticated |Highly Competent |Fairly Competent |Not Yet Competent |

|Depth of analysis |Paper goes beyond the assignment to explore |Paper fully meets the parameters of the |Paper does not address some aspects of the |Paper does not address the assignment. |

| |the implications of arguments or evidence in |assignment but does not exceed them. |assignment. |(and/or…) |

| |new contexts or in particularly thoughtful, |(and/or…) |(and/or…) | |

| |insightful, and/or original ways. | | |Paper is inconsistent with anthropological |

| | |Paper demonstrates a good grasp of |Paper demonstrates a somewhat shaky grasp |principles (i.e. it makes or fails to |

| |Paper shows a nuanced grasp of anthropological|anthropological principles but some |of anthropological principles. |challenge ethnocentric assumptions.) |

| |principles and the ability to apply these |awkwardness applying them. | | |

| |principles with facility. | | | |

|Grasp of reading(s) |Paper represents the authors’ arguments, |Paper represents the author’s arguments, |Paper represents the authors’ arguments, |Paper badly misrepresents the authors’ |

| |evidence and conclusions accurately, fairly |evidence and conclusions accurately. |evidence and conclusions accurately though |arguments, evidence, and/or conclusions. |

| |and eloquently. Demonstrates a firm | |not sufficiently clearly. | |

| |understanding of the implications of the | |(and/or…) | |

| |author’s arguments. | |There are minor inaccuracies. | |

|Thesis paragraph |Clearly and eloquently identifies a |Thesis paragraph clearly identifies a |Thesis paragraph identifies a central |Thesis paragraph does not have a |

| |demonstrable and nuanced central argument. |demonstrable central argument. |argument that is demonstrable, though not |discernable central argument (and/or…) |

| | | |stated sufficiently clearly. | |

| |Provides the reader with a clear sense of the |Gives the reader a reasonably good sense |(and/or…) |The argument is not demonstrable. |

| |nature of evidence that will follow. |of the nature of evidence that will | | |

| | |follow. |Does not guide the reader into the body of | |

| |Reveals the organizational structure of the | |the paper. | |

| |paper. | | | |

| | | | | |

| |Guides the reader smoothly and logically into | | | |

| |the body of the paper. | | | |

|Evidence |Evidence used to support the central point is |Evidence used to support the central point|Connection between argument and evidence is|Evidence used does not clearly support the |

| |rich, detailed and well chosen. |is well chosen, though not particularly |not clearly articulated in all cases. |main argument. |

| | |rich or detailed. |(and/or…) |(and/or…) |

| |Evidence sections employ appropriate | | | |

| |illustrations and/or quotations. | | |(Where applicable) Important opposing |

| | | | |evidence is ignored, thereby weakening the |

| |The connection between argument and evidence |The connection between argument and |(Where applicable) Consideration of |central argument. |

| |is clearly and compellingly articulated in all|evidence is clearly articulated. |opposing evidence is cursory or the | |

| |cases. | |evidence is not convincingly refuted. | |

| | |(Where applicable) Some opposing evidence | | |

| |(Where applicable) Important opposing evidence|is considered and refuted. | | |

| |(i.e. evidence that might seem to contradict | | | |

| |your argument) is considered and convincingly | | | |

| |refuted. | | | |

|Conclusion |Elegantly synthesizes and reframes key points |Synthesizes and brings closure but does |Restates the same points as the topic |Is missing or cursory. |

| |from the paper. |not examine new perspectives or questions.|paragraph without reframing them. |(and/or…) |

| | | |(and/or…) | |

| |Suggests new perspectives or questions | | |Repeats the topic paragraph more-or-less |

| |relevant to the central argument, and brings | |Introduces new material rather than new |verbatim. |

| |closure. | |perspectives. | |

|Organization |Organization of paper as a whole is logical |Organization of paper as a whole is |Organization of the paper as a whole can |Organization of the paper as a whole is not|

| |and quickly apparent. |logical and apparent, but transitions |only be discerned with effort. |logical or discernable. |

| | |between paragraphs are not consistently | | |

| |Connections among paragraphs are clearly |smooth. |(and/or…) | |

| |articulated. | | | |

| | |Every paragraph makes one distinct and |Not all parts of the paper fit the | |

| |Transitions between paragraphs are smooth. |coherent point and, for the most part, the|organizational structure. | |

| | |parts of each paragraph connect logically | | |

| |Every paragraph makes one distinct and |and effectively. |(and/or…) | |

| |coherent point, expressed in a clear topic | | | |

| |sentence; the parts of each paragraph connect |In all but a few cases, the paragraph’s |Not all the parts of the paper are | |

| |logically and persuasively, and internal |point is expressed in a clear topic |effectively integrated. | |

| |transitions are smooth. |sentence. |In a number of paragraphs, there is not a | |

| | | |distinct or coherent point. | |

| | | | | |

| | | |(and/or) | |

| | | | | |

| | | |Topic sentences are missing or unclear in a| |

| | | |number of paragraphs. | |

| | | | | |

| | | |(and/or) | |

| | | | | |

| | | |In a number of paragraphs, the parts do not| |

| | | |connect logically. | |

|Clarity |Throughout the paper, wording is precise and |Paper is for the most part precisely |Wording is imprecise or ambiguous fairly |Throughout the paper, wording is imprecise |

| |unambiguous. |worded and unambiguous. |often. |or ambiguous. |

| | | |(and/or…) |(and/or…) |

| |Sentence structure is consistently clear and |Sentence structure is mostly clear. | | |

| |lucid. | |Sentence structure is often confusing. |Sentence structure is consistently |

| | |Quotations are framed effectively in the |(and/or…) |confusing. |

| |Quotations are all framed effectively in the |text. | | |

| |text (i.e. integrated properly in terms of | |Quotations are not framed effectively in | |

| |both grammar and meaning) and explicated where| |the text. | |

| |necessary. | | | |

|Mechanics |Paper is clean and appropriately formatted. |There are a few minor spelling or |There are a number of spelling and |Paper is unacceptably sloppy. |

| | |grammatical errors. |grammatical errors. |(and/or…) |

| |There are no incomplete or run-on sentences. | |(and/or) | |

| | |Quotes are all properly attributed and | |Quotes are frequently not attributed or |

| |Quotes are all properly attributed and cited. |cited. |In a few places, quotes are not attributed |improperly cited. |

| | | |and cited. | |

| |There are virtually no spelling or grammatical| | | |

| |errors. | | | |

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