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Your Midterm Assessment, WILL demonstrate to me your COMPETENCY and CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, in articulating similarities and differences -- in environmental challenges -- experienced by individuals and communities on a local, national, and global level (North America, South America, Central America, Asia, Africa, and Antarctica) The rubric for this essay is taken from Dr. Patrick Sharp's book, "A Brief and Practical Guide for writing Critical Analysis Papers in Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary" courses. Dr. Sharp is a professor in the Liberal Studies Department. At the time, I was teaching in this department. Honestly, I conveyed to him if I had his book in graduate school I would have written stronger essays. The successful "A-paper" will: 1. Be tight in its critical framing, analysis and content. Mark Twain once said, "I didn't have time to write you a short letter, so I wrote you a long one." 2. Demonstrate competency in analyzing environmental challenges from an interdisciplinary and intersectional approach including religious, political, and socio-economic considerations. 3. Include scholarly sources that support your argument such as scientific articles you have researched and texts read in our class. It is also OK to draw from the news, documentaries, and class discussions; and possibly our Environmental Justice Twitter account (@justice_cal). This information does not count as a scholarly source. 4. Include citations. You can use MLA or the citation method you use in your respective discipline. Most importantly, is that your citations are consistent throughout the whole paper.Some Rubric (3) (1) (1) (3) Criteria Ratings Pts Formating for the Essay 10 to >0.0 Pts 0 Pts Name Full Marks No Marks Class Professor Date 10 pts Title for the Essay Double spaced: Times New Roman, 12 point Put the page numbers without the cover page. Introduction 20 Pts O Pts Does the introduction have strong critical framing meaning that it has a clear Full Marks No Marks "topic/issue" for the paper? 20 pts Is the introduction well organized and fully developed? Body Paragraphs: Evidence 25 Pts 0 Pts Is there an appropriate "amount of Evidence" from primary sources? Too much Full Marks No or little? To clarify, this essay is Marks NOT a reflection. It is a Is the primary evidence "detailed" and "well chosen". critical textual analysis 25 pts Is the Evidence from primary and secondary resources, properly introduced, essay. cited, and consistent? Do the body paragraphs have clear Points that clarify the position of sources? Body Paragraph: Analysis 25 Pts 0 Pts Does the analysis have clear "critical framing"? Full Marks No Marks Does the analysis go "beyond summary" and clarify the meaning of the primary 25 pts sources? Is the "analysis fully developed, focused and convincing?"e body paragraphs have clear Points that clarify the position of sources? Body Paragraph: Analysis 25 Pts 0 Pts Does the analysis have clear "critical framing"? Full Marks No Marks Does the analysis go "beyond summary" and clarify the meaning of the primary 25 pts sources? Is the "analysis fully developed, focused and convincing?" Competency 25 Pts 0 Pts Does the student demonstrate competency in articulating shared Full Marks No Marks environmental challenges experienced by individuals and communities on a 25 pts local, national, and global level. Minimally, include three countries. Organization, Assignment, and Sentence-Level Issues 40 Pts 0 Pts Is the paper "focused and well organized" with a clear and strong "thesis" Full Marks No Marks throughout? Does the paper "follow and satisfy all the terms of the assignment?" Does the paper show a "solid command of the material or topic? 40 pts Does the paper use proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling? Does the paper use appropriate "diction and terminology? Does the "works cited page properly cite" all of the resources (whatever citation-method you use). Length of the Essay 25 Pts 0 Pts Is it minimally 8-10 pages? Full Marks No Marks 25 pts Scholarly & Secondary Sources 30 Pts O Pts Is the essay substantiated with minimally 4 scholarly sources? Full Marks No Marks Does the student draw from class materials and discussions including news 30 pts events, documentaries, and our Environmental Justice twitter account