Grading Protocol
30 April 2006
5
4
3
2
1
0
5
4
3
2
1
0
5
4
3
2
1
0
5
4
3
2
1
0
10
8
6
4
2
0
| Character description: breadth & depth of background on chosen character (name, sex, economic class, family background, occupation, etc.) & quality of discussion of the character's reaction to the question posed in the assignment | ||
5 |
Thorough background on character and very interesting discussion of reaction | |
4 |
Good background about chosen character; reasonably interesting discussion of reaction | |
3 |
Fair background about chosen character; modest discussion of reaction | |
2 |
Weak background about chosen character; little discussion of reaction | |
1 |
Poor background about chosen character; little or no discussion of reaction | |
0 |
No background about chosen character; no discussion of reaction | |
| Verisimilitude: accurate depiction of first-century CE Greco-Roman culture in Palestine, Jewish and pagan religious traditions, political and social structures, physical environment, etc. | ||
5 |
Excellent knowledge and recognition of first-century CE Palestine's culture, etc. | |
4 |
Good knowledge and recognition of first-century CE Palestine's culture, etc. | |
3 |
Fair knowledge and recognition of first-century CE Palestine's culture, etc. | |
2 |
Poor knowledge and recognition of first-century CE Palestine's culture, etc. | |
1 |
No recognition of first-century CE Palestine's culture, etc. | |
0 |
Erroneous description of first-century CE Palestine's culture, etc. | |
| Plausibility: quality of character-specific arguments to support responses to assignment questions | ||
5 |
Excellent, character-specific arguments to support responses | |
4 |
Good, character-specific arguments to support responses | |
3 |
Fair, character-specific arguments to support responses | |
2 |
Poor arguments to support character’s responses, or fair arguments with tenuous connections to character | |
1 |
Poor arguments to support character’s responses; arguments have only tenuous connections to character | |
0 |
No substantive arguments to support character’s responses; no explicit connections to character | |
| Citations from the Bible and other ANE or Greco-Roman sources | ||
5 |
Five or more citations | |
4 |
Four citations | |
3 |
Three citations | |
2 |
Two citations | |
1 |
One citations | |
0 |
No citations | |
| Grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc. | ||
10 |
Perfect work | |
8 |
One or two punctuation, spelling, or grammatical error | |
6 |
Three or more punctuation mistakes OR two spelling or grammatical errors | |
4 |
Three spelling or grammatical errors OR several punctuation mistakes and one or two spelling or grammatical errors | |
2 |
Four spelling or grammatical errors OR several punctuation mistakes and three spelling or grammatical errors | |
0 |
More than four spelling or grammatical errors OR several punctuation mistakes and four spelling or grammatical errors | |
| Total Points (of 30) | ||
|---|---|---|
| less points for late submission | ||
| Net Points | ||