Visual Art paper

Name_______________________________

Writing Assignment – grading sheet

Quality of Ideas ____/25pts

• Complexity of thought – look beyond the surface

• Focus – be sure your ideas are interrelated to make a tight, thematic paper

• Engage the reader

Organization ____/30pts

• Thesis Statement _____/5pts

  • Clear, all encompassing, argumentative statement that exposes the purpose of the paper

• Introduction _____/5pts

• Conclusion ____/5pts

• Topic Sentences ____/5pts

• Transitions ____/5pts

• Coherent paragraphs ___/5pts

Continuity/Flow____/10pts

• Communicates ideas/ easy to understand

• Uses formal, academic language

• Vary your word choice

• Flow of sentences

  • Varying lengths

  • Avoid choppiness

Proofreading ____/10pts

• Grammar

• Punctuation

Mechanics ____/10pts

• Stapled

• Page numbers

• Times New Roman 12pt font

• Double Spaced

• One inch margins

Labeled image(s) at the end of the paper ____/10pts

• Must be referenced within your paper.

  • For example, within the text of your paper you could write: Situated on the plaza between the Art Building and the Communications Building stands David Hickman’s kinetic sculpture, The Messengers (fig. 1).

• Must be labeled correctly at the end of the paper, including artist, title, date and location. Under the picture, it should read,

  • Figure 1: David Hickman, The Messengers, 2013, Texas Tech campus.

• You should specify if your image is a detail:

  • Figure 2: David Hickman, The Messengers, 2013, Texas Tech campus (detail of text on a stone bench).

Length (2.5-3.5 pages not including images) ____/5pts

• (Though I reserve the right to take off more if it’s extremely short or long)

Total: ____/100