The Cultural Artifact
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Essentially, I want a paper
that talks about how you think your presentation went -- a reflection.
After you have done your presentation, you will need to compose a two-page
reflection on your presentation.
How did it go? What went
right? What went wrong? What would you do differently next
time? The first goal of these
presentations is to have each of us reflect on what
our culture is and what comprises our culture. Your paper should talk about how
successful you think you were at representing your culture to us. The second goal is
to use the cultural artifact presentation as a way to get to know each
other. We need to learn each
others' names and something about who we each are. So, did your presentation
do all that? Talk about what you
did, what you didn't do, what you would do differently if you were doing it
over. Did you explain how the
artifact represents your culture?
Did you explain how you are like and different from other people? If I were writing
these papers, I'd start with a section that talked about what I did -- a sort
of summary/overview of the presentation. Then I'd talk about which parts of
the presentation seemed to go the way I wanted them to -- and why I think
that. Then I'd talk about what
didn't go to my satisfaction -- and why I think they didn't go so well. Then
I'd talk about how I would prevent that next time, and what other changes I
might make if I wanted to do better next time. I'd devote at least one full paragraph
to each of these pieces, more to some of them. I'm looking for approximately
two to three typed, double-spaced pages.
I expect well-written essays.
I expect them to be neatly typed, carefully edited, and following all
the usual conventions of college-level writing. I expect your name and the
page number on each page, I expect the pages to be printed on only one side
of the paper, and I expect the pages to be stapled together. You should get
help from the Identify your papers as follows: in
the top left corner of your paper put the following information.
On the next line, centered, put the
title of your paper. ["Jane Doe Cultural Artifact Presentation" On each subsequent page, in the upper
right corner, put your last name and the page number. I require that you
print off and include a copy of these instructions with your paper to insure
me that you have read them. Your grade on these papers will be a combination grade reflecting both the quality of the paper and the presentation. I will grade these with an A through F scale. The grade criteria are as follows: A = Excellent/Superb, beyond my wildest dreams, far beyond what I should reasonably expect of second year college students; B = Better than Average, goes beyond the requirements, better than the class average; C = Meets the requirements, but doesn't go beyond them; pretty much the same as the class average; D = Doesn't meet the requirements, but shows some effort, below the class norm; F = shows little to no engagement in the assignment. If you have any questions about your grades, please come see me, but be prepared to show me precisely how your paper meets the above criteria. |