Guide for three (3) full pages typed and double-spaced virtual essay
Evaluation of Cathedral, Art Museum, Play or Temple Visit
Title of Work: _________
Artist: _________
Date and time: _________
Please answer the following questions as completely as possible:
What kind of work did you view (comedy, farce, melodrama, tragedy, etc.)? _________
What was the culture? _________
What was the history of the time of the work? _________
What was the geography? _________
What kind of changing or challenging role was there for a woman/man? __________
Was there a regeneration tone? (Please explain) _________
Was there any classical formula to the work (Egyptian, Greek, Roman) _________
Did the work remind you of any historical event or story of a historical fact or perspective? _________
Explain in two or three paragraphs in the essay the most interesting part of the work (i.e. the characters, storyline, and artistic vision, a pivotal moment of the work/climax or the conclusion and resolution).
Attach a photo of the Brochure/Program from your visit to your Essay
Rubric
| Performance Area | Highly Proficient (20-25) | Proficient (17-19) | Limited Proficiency (15-16) | Needs Work (0-14) | Rating |
| Content and development
· unity · consistency · clear POV · evidence · elaboration |
Content is accurate, focused; exhibits control in the development of ideas; unified with fresh insight | Content is somewhat accurate and fairly clear, offers solid but less accurate reasoning; contains some appropriate details and/or examples | content is somewhat vague OR only loosely related to task; At times may be off topic or too broad with limited support. | Content unclear; lapses in coherence or no relation to writing task; offers simplistic, undeveloped support of ideas | |
| Mechanical Conventions
· spelling, · grammar, · punctuation |
Essentially error-free | Has some mechanical errors | Repeated weaknesses;
a pattern of flaws |
Mechanical errors so severe that writer’s ideas are hidden | |
| Critical Thinking
· precision · depth · accuracy · logic |
Skillfully evaluates information gathered from observation, experience, reflection, or reasoning | Adequately demonstrates reasonable relationships among ideas | Simplistic analysis of the complex issue; limited clarity and complexion of thought | Insufficient reasoning and lacks the complexity of thought | |
| Format
· typed, 3 pages · double-spaced · page numbers · indented paragraphs · SINGLE-SPACED HEADING · Standard Margins · No Pictures (Other than the brochure/ticket) · No Citations · 12 point font |
Essay looks neat and professional | Essay looks neat but violates one or two formatting rules | Essay looks fairly neat but violates some formatting rules | Essay looks untidy and does not follow formatting rules |
