ÒWHAT IS REAL?Ó ESSAY GRADING PROTOCOL
25 September 2009
| A. PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS |
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| B. CONTENT |
| 1. Each
film deals in some way with the question of what is real or true and how one
comes to know the Real or the True. What is real? How do you know? How can
one distinguish between what is real vs.
what is illusory? |
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| Definition
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| Characteristics
of reality vs. illusion |
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| 2. Each
film demonstrates that, at their root, ÒfaithÓ and ÒdoubtÓ do not concern the
acceptance or rejection of unproven assertions. Rather, these concepts
operate in the realm of interpersonal relationships. What are ÒfaithÓ and
ÒdoubtÓ according to the films you viewed? How do they work? Why are both
important to being a sane, adult human being? |
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| Importance
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| 3. In
each of these films, there comes a point in the life of the main character
when she/he has a breakthrough experience. The personÕs old way of looking at
the world has broken down. It no longer makes sense to the person; it no
longer Òworks.Ó The character becomes Òdisillusioned,Ó and must achieve a new
understanding of life and Òreality.Ó For the two films you viewed, where do
you see this happening? How did the character understand life before and
after the experience of disillusionment? Explore one of these examples in
detail, showing the process of challenge, leading to doubt, and then to a new
understanding or ÒvisionÓ of the world. How was this change of worldview
significant in the life of this character? How was the personÕs life changed
because of it? |
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| 4. Choose
an incident in your own life when something like this has happened to you.
What prompted that experience of disillusionment, leading to doubt? How did
you arrive at your new vision of life? How is your life different now than it
was before this experience? |
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| Clear
& coherent description of experience |
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| Interesting
details about development of new vision |
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| Vivid
language conveying significance of life-change |
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| C. REFLECTION/EVALUATION |
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a few sentences, respond to the following questions. |
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| Look
back over the experience of writing this essay. What did you find difficult?
Easy? What parts of the assignment were particularly helpful to you? |
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| 2. How
would you change the assignment to make it more effective in uncovering what
you believe and why? |
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| D. FORMAL CHARACTERISTICS |
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essay is composed in succinct, formal prose in standard American English. It
is completely free of exclusive language and grammatical, syntactical,
orthographic, or other scribnerÕs errors. It correctly uses parenthetical
citations for scene references. |
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| Clear
and succinct formal prose free of exclusive language |
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organization, proper paragraphing, necessary citations, etc. |
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