Assignment 4

Personal Gender Theory Paper, Part 2

30 points

Due April 30, 2007 by 5pm

For this assignment, read your paper written for Part 1 of this assignment and respond to it.

In the first part of your paper (approximately 1 – 1 ½ pages) briefly summarize your original gender theory.

In the second part of your paper, describe your CURRENT theory of gender – how and why men and women are different/same. Explain how it differs from your original theory as well as what has not changed. If your theory has not changed at all over the course of the semester, explain why not.

In your paper, you should provide examples from the course readings as appropriate. What this means is that you will also need to properly cite those readings that you reference and you will need to provide a reference list. I will not accept papers that do not incorporate course readings and I will not accept papers that do not have a reference list.

The content of your theory will not affect your grade; the organization, style, and coherence of your paper will.

The following grading rubric will be used to grade your paper:

	Low					High
Quality of Ideas	1	2	3	4	5	6
Thoughtful, insightful, careful.
Clarity of Ideas	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ideas are clear to reader, understandable
Coverage	1	2	3	4	5	6
Paper is of adequate length; sufficient breadth and depth to discussion of previous views and current views.
Use of relevant course material	1	2	3	4	5	6
Use of course materials is both thorough and relevant. Thoughtful. It is clear that student has spent time thinking about the key ideas and how they relate to course material.
General Writing Quality	1	2	3	4	5	6
Sentences are well-phrased, paper is easy to follow, organized well
Total Points

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