Links to the following assignments will be activated on the day the assignment is given (see schedule). If you do not turn the assignment in during class, you may email the assignment to the instructor (bollingerm@winthrop.edu) by 5:30 pm on the due date, but it is your responsibility to monitor whether it arrived or not. No late assignments will be accepted. The same grading rubric will be used for all assignments. In general the assignments should be about 2 pages in length when completed although quality is much more important than quantity. You must complete 4 or the following assignments, but you may complete all 5. However, only your best 4 will count toward your grade. Together the four homework assignments are equivalent to one test grade.
Assignment #2 – Fisheries data analysis (data provided by instructor)
Assignment #3 – Fisheries crisis (summary and comments on a DVD)
Assignment #4 – Preparing for a Tsunami (creative writing with factual components)
Assignment #5 - Hurricane data analysis (data provided by instructor)
Grading Rubric:
Assignments must be typed and double-spaced. Each assignment is worth 25 points and will be graded for completeness, content and writing as follows:
Completeness
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Grade |
Criteria |
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5 |
Goes well beyond minimum for assignment; follows all directions |
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3 |
Does minimum amount for the assignment; follows all directions |
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1 |
Does not come close to completing assignment; does not follow directions |
Content
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Grade |
Criteria |
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10 |
Outstanding explanation; superior understanding; goes well beyond minimum required for the assignment |
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8 |
Good solid job on explanation; excellent understanding; goes beyond minimum required for the assignment |
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6 |
Good solid job on explanation; does what assignments asks |
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4 |
Decent explanation, but too general or some inaccuracies; does not meet minimum required for assignment |
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2 |
Doesn’t effectively address assignment; inadequate understanding; major flaws |
Writing
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Grade |
Criteria |
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10 |
Meets criteria for an 8, but also has a sense of style, going beyond grammatical correctness to real readability |
|
8 |
Excellent organization; interesting sentences and good grammar; few spelling errors, does not read like a first draft |
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6 |
Decent organization; reads like a first draft; a paper with excellent writing will still earn a 6 if it contains many spelling errors and is clearly not proofread |
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4 |
Disorganized; awkward sentence structure; poor grammar; poor spelling |
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2 |
Similar problems as 4, but worse |