Portfolio Scoring Guide

Portfolio Grade: _________

How your portfolio grade was calculated:

For this course, everyone wrote four, and some wrote five, full-blown history essays. The first purpose of the essays was to stimulate class discussion. The second purpose was to provide evidence of your ability to think historically. Two of the essays were graded: one in Week 6 and another in Week 10. The Week 10 essay, coming at the end of the course, was taken as evidence of your best work. Your portfolio grade is the average of these two graded essays, minus penalties for missing work, and with some “wiggle-room” for adjustment up or down based on factors such as the overall quality of your portfolio, the respect you show for your own work, or other evidence of historical thinking on display in the portfolio. Note that the second graded essay is weighted to count for more than the first. This honors improvement in historical thinking. 

From the syllabus: “Missing essays or assignments will lower the grade on the portfolio by a grade level (e.g., a B- will be reduced to a C+, etc.)”

Grading Scale:

A   = 4.0
A-  = 3.67
B+ = 3.33
B   = 3.0
B-  = 2.67
C+ = 2.33
C   = 2.0
C-  = 1.67
D   = 1.0
F    = 0