Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
Aims/Structure
of
Tutorial
Explain
formal
requirements
of
essay
wri%ng
+
grading
etc
(!).
Discuss
the
distributed
readings
in
terms
of
how
concepts
are
constructed
and
argued.
Go
over
a
real-paper
from
last
year
(if
%me).
Improve
your
grade.
[Note
for
French
speakers!]
Grading
Scale
Ins%tute
Grading
Scale:
4.00
=
Pass
4.25/4.5
=
Major
Problems
4.75
=
Several
minor
+
1
major
problems.
5.00
=
Quite
Good
Essay
5.25
=
Really
Good
Essay
5.50-75
=
Very
Good
Essay
6.00
=
(Virtually)
Impossible
Assessment
Criteria
How
we
evaluate
your
essays
(order
of
importance):
Understanding
of
argumenta%on
in
readings
Originality
and
coherence
of
your
own
argument.
Execu%on:
syntax,
logical
connec%ons,
explica%on.
Formali%es
(Word
Count,
Referencing,
Quotes)
Assessment
Criteria
II
Examples
for
Grades
5.25:
You
have
grasped
the
arguments
of
the
readings
correctly,
unpacked
the
ques%on,
produced
an
original
argument
that
contains
no
logical
aws,
but
some
weaknesses
remain.
4.75:
You
have,
mostly,
presented
the
arguments
in
the
readings
correctly,
but
your
essay
lacks
an
original
argument
or
contains
a
logical
aw
(gap
in
argumenta%on,
unclear
use
of
concepts,
etc.)
Why legi/macy?
How can Mgge be seen to be cri/cal of the other ar/cles argument regarding legi/macy?
Example
Essays
Best
essays
from
last
year.
Very
dierent
ques%ons.
But
same
purpose/logic.
Will
be
posted
online.
~5.5