Unit+Goals+and+Rubric+for+Man+vs.+Society+Unit

Caleb Benham Jeff Jaskiewicz LAE 4335 February 25, 2009 Unit Goals and Rubrics Course Goals After the completion of this course, students should be able to: Assignments **__Journals (15%):__** Journals will be written everyday at the very beginning of class. Students should come in and immediately begin to write their journals, which will be written on the board, so students will be occupied while everything is beginning for the day. Grades for the journals are going to be based mainly on completion, but periodically they will be reviewed for content. The process for writing journals is as follows: ·  Be seated at the beginning of class and copy the journal topic located on the board. ·  Spend ten minutes writing journal topic. ·  Quietly wait for other students to finish ·  Spend five minutes talking about journals and then place them in your folders. **__Paper #1 (20%)- //The Lord of the Flies//;__** Students will write a four page paper analyzing different society and personal flaws regarding the situation and individuals in //The Lord of the Flies. //Grammar and sentence structure will be looked at, but the content of this writing assignment is paramount. Students will be given two topics to choose from and they must stick to these topics: Tips to get a good grade: Rubric for Paper #1 A- The paper is well written with no major grammatical errors. It stays on topic and uses outside sources for support of claims. Thoughts are clearly written and structured, building toward a point and supporting the thesis. There are little to no typographical errors. B-  The paper is well written with no major grammatical errors. It stays on topic and uses outside sources for support of claims. Thoughts may at some times may not always be on topic, but the paper is definitely focused in a direction. Few typographical errors. C- The paper contains at least one major grammatical error. Sentence structure is often confusing and thought process is all over the place. Writer goes into several tangents and the reader can not understanding what point is trying to be made. Several typographical errors and signs of little planning and proof reading. D- Paper does not make sense. Writer is not familiar with texts and is unable to incorporate ideas into writing. Several grammatical and typographical errors. Writer does not stay on topic and is unable to answer specified questions. F-No paper **__Paper #2 (20%)-//Brave New World//:__** Students will write a four page paper focusing on the flaws of society in Aldous Huxley’s //Brave New World.// Unlike //The Lord of Flies, Brave New World// focuses more on the structure of society than on individual choices. For this assignment students will analyze the gross atrocities of Huxley’s //Brave New World// highlighting such topics as democracy, individual rights, and nature vs. natures in human development. Tips to get a good grade: Rubric for Paper #2 A-The paper is well written with no major grammatical errors. It stays on topic and uses outside sources for support of claims. Thoughts are clearly written and structured, building toward a point and supporting the thesis. There are little to no typographical errors. B- The paper is well written with no major grammatical errors. It stays on topic and uses outside sources for support of claims. Thoughts may at some times may not always be on topic, but the paper is definitely focused in a direction. Few typographical errors. C- The paper contains at least one major grammatical error. Sentence structure is often confusing and thought process is all over the place. Writer goes into several tangents and the reader can not understanding what point is trying to be made. Several typographical errors and signs of little planning and proof reading. D- Paper does not make sense. Writer is not familiar with texts and is unable to incorporate ideas into writing. Several grammatical and typographical errors. Writer does not stay on topic and is unable to answer specified questions. F-No paper
 * 1) Approach thought provoking topics with logical order while staying on topic.
 * 2) Make connections between different materials discussed.
 * 3) Search for valid research materials to insert into their writing.
 * 4) Be able to view society has a whole from the largest form of government to an individual person.
 * 5) Understand such themes and Man vs. Society through a human development and thematic approach.
 * 6) Draw important aspects from small assignments for the creation of a final research paper.
 * 7) Be able to read a large amount of text in a short amount of time retaining the most important themes.
 * 1) An island full of children (without adults) sounds like it would be fun, right? Wrong! Give examples of how the students were on the right track to creating a manageable society, and explain why the children deviated from their original plans. Was their motivation driven by individualism or by people simply moving with the herd? Which characters in particular stood up for themselves, and how were these actions met by the other children?
 * 2) Why do you think people act like Jack and would be willing to join the hunters? Is it easier? If society were to crumble tomorrow do you think that people would band together and try to emulate a government or consider themselves completely separate from one another? Use examples from the book to support your claims and try to draw on any historical evidence of similar situations.
 * Proof read- there will be one opportunity in class to proof read another students paper, but having more than one student proof read you paper will be a good idea.
 * Know what you are talking about and demonstrate a mastery of the text.
 * Use outside references that are meaningful in their applications.
 * Paper must be a minimum of four pages but no longer than six.
 * Use MLA headings and citations.
 * Proof read- there will be one opportunity in class to proof read another students paper, but having more than one student proof read you paper will be a good idea.
 * Know what you are talking about and demonstrate a mastery of the text.
 * Use outside references that are meaningful in their applications.
 * Paper must be a minimum of four pages but no longer than six.
 * Use MLA headings and citations.