The Cultural Artifact Paper

         Essentially, I want a paper that talks about how you think your presentation went -- a reflection. The syllabus says this: "After you have done your presentation, you will need to compose a two-page reflection on your presentation.  How did it go?  What went right?  What went wrong?  What would you do differently next time?"  The first goal of these presentations is to have each of us reflect on what our culture is and what comprises our culture.  Your paper should talk about how successful you think you were at representing your culture to us.

         The second goal is to use the cultural artifact presentation as a way to get to know each other.  We need to learn each others' names and something about who we each are.

         So, did your presentation do all that?  Talk about what you did, what you didn't do, what you would do differently if you were doing it over.  Did you explain how the artifact represents your culture?  Did you explain how you are like and different from other people?

         If I were writing these papers, I'd start with a section that talked about what I did -- a sort of summary/overview of the presentation. Then I'd talk about which parts of the presentation seemed to go the way I wanted them to -- and why I think that.  Then I'd talk about what didn't go to my satisfaction -- and why I think they didn't go so well. Then I'd talk about how I would prevent that next time, and what other changes I might make if I wanted to do better next time.  I'd devote at least one full paragraph to each of these pieces, more to some of them.

I'm looking for approximately two to three typed, double-spaced pages.  I expect well-written essays.  I expect them to be neatly typed, carefully edited, and following all the usual conventions of college-level writing. I expect your name and the page number on each page, and I expect the pages to be stapled together. You should get help from the Writing Center if you need it.

         Your grade on these papers will be a combination grade reflecting both the quality of the paper and the presentation.  I will grade these with an A through F scale.  The grade criteria are as follows: A = Excellent/Superb; B = Better than Average, goes beyond the requirements; C = Meets the requirements, but doesn't go beyond them; D = Doesn't meet the requirements, but shows some effort; F = shows little to no engagement in the assignment.