UGS 302 – Language & Humor – Professor. Angela Nonaka
John F. Knott Cartoon Political Cartoon + Blog Post Grading Rubric
Evaluation Areas: Analysis, Research, and Writing
| Exemplary (3) | Developing (2) | Beginning (1) | Does Not Fulfill Task (0) |
Analysis |
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History | Blog posts expertly integrates information from selected research articles in order to contextualize the political cartoon in history | Blog post integrates information from selected research articles to contextualize the political cartoon in history | Blog post only briefly touches upon selected research articles to contextualize the political cartoon in history | Blog post does not integrate research articles in order to contextualize the political cartoon in history |
Humor | Blog post expertly integrates information from research articles to explain the humor depicted in the political cartoon | Blog post integrates information from research articles to explain the humor depicted in the political cartoon | Blog post only briefly touches upon information from research articles to explain the humor depicted in the political cartoon | Blog post does not integrate research articles in order to explain the humor depicted in the political cartoon |
Research |
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Visual Literacy | Tags added to blog post adequately and thoroughly describe important concepts and terms depicted in the political cartoon | Tags added to blog post describe some important concepts and terms depicted in the political cartoon | Blog post has few tags that depict important concepts and terms in the political cartoon | Blog post does not have any tags that depict important concepts and terms in the political cartoon |
Article Selection | Articles selected to contextualize topics addressed in political cartoon are relevant to topics addressed in the political cartoon and come from a variety of sources | Articles selected to contextualize topics addressed in political cartoon are relevant to topics addressed in the political cartoon but come from only one source or may only explore one aspect depicted in the political cartoon | Articles selected to contextualize topics addressed in political cartoon are mostly relevant to topics addressed in the political cartoon but come from only one source or may only explore one aspect depicted in the political cartoon | Articles selected to contextualize topics addressed in political cartoon aren’t relevant to topics addressed in the political cartoon |
Citations | All citations are correctly formatted in MLA style | Citations are correctly formatted in MLA style with one error | Citations are correctly formatted in MLA style with two or three errors | All citations are incorrectly formatted in MLA style |
Writing |
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Blog Formatting Elements | Blog post contains all formatting requirements – title, tags, alternative text, and image – in the correct way | Blog post contains all formatting requirements – title, tags, alternative text, and image – in the correct way with one error | Blog post contains all formatting requirements – title, tags, alternative text, and image – in the correct way with two or three errors | Blog post contains numerous errors of formatting |
Overall Quality of Writing
| Blog is well organized (intro., body, conclusion); highly coherent (clear thesis statement, logical arguments); well written (grammatically correct, fluid prose) | Blog is organized (intro, body, conclusion); coherent (clear thesis statement, logical arguments); appropriately written (grammatically correct, fluid prose) | Blog is somewhat organized; minimally coherent; problematic writing | Blog is unorganized; non-coherent; poorly written |
