AFRS 1501

Final Essay

575 Total Points

Due Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at 11:59 PM

**PLEASE SEE THE RUBRIC ON THE SECOND PAGE.**

You are to write a 1000-word essay (roughly two double-spaced pages), refencing THREE of the

DOCUMENTARIES assigned for the SECOND part of this course. In this essay you are to:

-Determine and explain a theme for the documentaries you chose. This theme CANNOT be one that I

assigned for any previous discussion post. (80 points)

-Show how that theme is present in ALL THREE DOCUMENTARIES you chose. (240 points)

-Discuss how this theme is present in your own experience as a person who is living in the U.S. during

this time of cultural awakening and conflict. (80 points)

-Proper use of grammar, punctuation, capitalization, italics, and quotation marks (75 points)

-Writing that clearly exhibits your point (50 points)

-Proper use of MLA format to cite your sources (50 points)

**USE YOUR WRITINGS ON THE DOCUMENTARIES

TO HELP YOU WITH THIS ESSAY.**

I did not provide examples of your works cited page and internal documentation because

you can easily find the format by using the site below.

Use this site to help you with your paper writing, internal citation, and works cited page formats:

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_gui

de/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html

Requirement Points

Earned

Word Count Up to 250 words Up to 500 words Up to 705 words Up to 1000

words

A. Original theme The theme is

either nonexistent

or not original

Max Pts. = 20

Original theme

with little or no

explanation

Max. Pts.= 40

Original theme

is explained

with some holes

in clarity

Max Pts.= 60

Theme is

original and

clearly

explained

Max Pts.= 80

B. Three

documentaries

used to explain

theme

Fewer than three documentaries are

used OR there are three

documentaries that are not linked to

the theme

Max Pts.= 80

Three

documentaries

are summarized

but not clearly

linked to the

theme

Max Pts.= 160

Three

documentaries

from the course

are clearly

linked to the

theme

Max Pts.= 240

C. Link your

theme and your

experience in the

U.S.

There is either very little or no

explanation of how your theme relates

to your experience as a resident of the

U.S.

Max Pts.= 30

There is an

explanation but

some holes in

the reasoning.

Max Pts.= 60

There is a clear

explanation of

how your theme

relates to your

personal

experience in

this country

Max Pts.= 80

D. Proper use of

grammar,

punctuation,

capitalization,

italics, and

quotation marks

There are severe errors throughout the

essay that make comprehension of the

work difficult.

Max Pts.= 25

The errors are

noticeable and

numerous, but

do not take

away from

understanding

the written

piece.

Max Pts.= 50

There are very

few errors

regarding

grammar,

punctuation,

capitalization,

italics, and

quotation marks.

Max Pts.= 75

E. Writing that

clearly exhibits

your point

Writing is

convoluted and

does not connect

main ideas to

supporting details

Max Pts.= 15

Supporting

details are

evident with

tenuous

connections to

main ideas

Max Pts.= 25

The structure is

evident with a

few gaps in

understanding

Max Pts.= 35

Writing is clear,

concise, and

easy to

comprehend

Max Pts.= 50

F. Proper use of

MLA to cite your

sources

There is no works

cited page and/or

internal

documentation,

severe errors, or

very little

documentation.

Max Pts.= 15

There are severe

errors with the

documentation.

Max Pts.= 25

There are

numerous

documentation

errors.

Max Pts. = 35

Both the internal

documentation

and the works

cited page are

completed with

few errors.

Max Pts.= 50

Total Points Earned