Has the student read and understood a significant amount
Instructions: Has the student read and understood a significant amount (at least two weeks’ worth) of course material? Has the student thought about that material critically, creatively, and clearly for themselves?
Has the student read and understood a significant amount
REVIEW OF FINAL ESSAY – ESSAY COMPLETE JUST NEEDS ADDITIONAL WORDING TO COMPLETE WORD
COUNT. SEE DETAILS OF ESSAY ATTACHED FOR INFORMATION
Final Essay (2500+ words) –25%– This essay should cover a significant amount (i.e. at least two week’s worth of material) of course material and have a research component entailing at least three additional scholarly sources.
The final essay should focus on material from the second half of the semester, but may also use previous material as well, provided you avoid plagiarizing yourself (i.e. no cut-and-pasting from the midterm).
See the syllabus for guidelines on attaining excellence with the essay, but success hinges on the following two aspects:
1) Firstly, has the student read and understood a significant amount (at least two weeks’ worth) of course material?
2) Secondly, has the student thought about that material critically, creatively, and clearly for themselves?
See “Writing Help” in Blackboard for more resources as well as the Critical Thinking Resource.
Write not as if you are summarizing the material to me, but rather as if you are trying to engage, inform, and transform another student who is not taking our course.
Avoid phrases like, “In this class, . . .”
From the very first
sentence, what would make such a student want to seriously read your essay? What information about the material would they need to understand (Summarize)?
How should they think critically about the material? What’s at stake
(Criticize)?
And what do you want your reader to take away from your essay (So What)?
Overarching Prompt: How do our course’s saints, sages, and/or social reformers help you live as a compassionately critical thinker?