Sample Course Work Papers Evaluations

For the first paper, “Act I, Scene III….” I chose to give them a one for the analysis of the literary features of the text. I gave them a one for a few reasons. The first is that the author only included one short paragraph that focused on the literary devices, and in addition, they lacked evidence to support their statements. Then, in the paragraph that comes next, they started off by examining the literature, but then fixated on the blocking they chose for the scene. If they were to focus on the literature, and be able to support it, they would have a much stronger analysis.

For this paper’s exploration of the chosen approach to the text, I graded them a five. This was the strongest aspect of the paper. I thought the author did an good, and for the most part, a thorough job of realizing and explaining how and what made the scene as dramatic as it was. They were clear, to the point, and examined many specifics with strong supporting examples to make their point.

Finally, I had to give the author a two for their use of language and structure. Although the language was not as much of an issue, the structure of the paper was. I feel as though this is the writer’s greatest weakness. Despite having all of the right ideas, the writer did not organize his/her paragraphs adequately. Many paragraphs jumped back and forth between analyzation of the text and between blocking.

For the second paper, “Richard III, Shakespeare”, I thought they did a wonderful, and completely in depth job of analyzing the literary features of the text. I gave them a 4. They used specific examples and quotes to support their argument. However, the reason why I did not give them a five was because there were still moments when they could have benefitted from using quotes to support their statements. In addition, the writer stated many times how a character felt in the scene, but did not have a quote to show how they knew that. Overall, they did a good job with a fair amount of quotes, staying on topic, and analyzing the literary devices well.

Next, I graded the exploration of the chosen approach to the text as a seven. I thought the writer clearly explained why they did what they did on stage. For example, when they wrote about how they portrayed Margaret's range of emotion, they not only made it apparent for why they choose their acting choices, but how the audience would be able to benefit. In addition, they do mention multiple times how their blocking will help the audience understand the characters emotions. Finally, they did a good job evaluating their own performance without mentioning other actors. They mentioned what they learned, and what they took away from the experience.  

The only area I felt the writer fell flat was in their structure and language. Although they did not struggle with organization of the paper in it's entirety, they had many syntax issues. If they would be able to fix some of the awkward phrasing in their sentence, the paper would flow more when being read.