12-step meeting attended during the semester

A 1500 word paper detailing individual experience at an A.A. 12-step meeting attended during the semester. The student will attend an open meeting and introduce him/herself as a student attending the meeting for a class on alcohol addiction. No notes, recordings, or pictures are to be taken during the experience. The paper will be a personal account of the student’s experience.

• GRADING:   

  30 points each / rubric posted in the Assignments folder:

  10 points for organization, 10 points for creativity/insights, 5 points for grammar/syntax, 5 points for applying course concpets by citing relevant readings

• Format

• • APA format style
  • Separate title page
  • 12 point font
  • Numbered pages
  • 1″ margins

  Criteria	Level 3	Level 2	Level 1
  Organization	10 points Distinguished—You have clearly put extensive thought into how you have arranged and developed the layers of thought presented in your essay so that your reader is able to unpeel your insights, little by little.	8.5 points Proficient—Your essay is reasonably well-organized, but there is not an elegance to how you structure your ideas and thus there is less impact for the reader.	7 points Needs Improvement—You have not done a careful job setting up your argument and its supporting ideas; your essay feels rushed and disordered.
  Creativity/Insight	10 points Distinguished—You demonstrate a solid capacity to integrate ideas from your observations/experiences with the course readings/discussions so as to create provocative and thoughtful assertions/insights.	8.5 points Proficient—Your essay demonstrates several interesting insights and connections that tie together the course readings/discussions with your observations in intriguing ways.	7 points Needs Improvement—You provide one or two interesting insights but generally do not do enough to interpret your experiences in insightful ways.
  Grammar/Syntax	5 points Distinguished—Your paper is very well-proofread, and your writing demonstrates a maturity with regard to your diction and syntax.	4.25 points Proficient—Your paper has only a few errors in grammar and/or syntax. The writing is straightforward and solid but not especially elegant or refined.	3.75 points Needs Improvement—Your paper has several errors in grammar and/or syntax. It does not seem to have been especially well-proofread.
  Use of Readings/Proper Referencing	5 points Distinguished—You use a range of  readings/references and consistently and properly reference them.	4.25 points Proficient—Your essay incorporates readings/references, but either it uses too many direct quotes—instead of paraphrases—and/or does not consistently and properly cite these references.	3.5 points Needs Improvement—You do not use a sufficient number of readings/references to make your argument and/or you do not properly cite any references that you do use.
  Overall Score	Level 3 11 or more	Level 2 7 or more	Level 1 0 or more