Grading Guidelines for Weekly Assignments

1. Able to accurately grasp and summarize the most important points of the reading:

Accomplished
Good summary but missed at least one important point
Misunderstood or missed the major points

2. Able to make connections with other class materials:

Proficient
Somewhat
Not making connections yet

3. Able to engage the material and think through implications, weaknesses and/or strengths in the arguments:

Proficient
Somewhat
Beginning

4. Paper shows evidence of thoughtful dialogue between students

Proficient
Somewhat
Beginning