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2. Grading Scale from Syllabus A is 12-15 points B is 8-11 points C is 4-7 points D is 1-3 points F is 0 3. Syllabus on Clarity The viewpoints you present in your writingmust be clearly conceived and well argued.Your writing style should be straight-forward, easy to read and should be clearlyrelated to the issues you wish to address.Topic sentences at the beginning of eachparagraph are helpful in establishing the issueand argument for the reader at the outset. 4. Engagement with the material. Entries are to be related to the readingmaterial. They are not reviews of what hasbeen stated in the book but are your criticalanalysis of the reading. Avoid direct quotes.Instead seriously take-up what you consider tobe the key issues for the study of religion inthe reading. An analysis of the issuesdiscussed in the course become clearer thecloser your writing is to the texts used in class. 5. Creativity The work of Religious Studies, and perhaps theHumanities in general, is essentially creative.Interpretation of religious phenomena requiresthat you come to some meaningful relationshipwith your object of study. This is one of thedefining characteristics of creativity. You have aunique and important contribution to make toour collective understandings. There are nopredetermined experts in the area ofinterpretation, only well refined and well arguedpositions. Your interpretations will be dealt withas importantly as you regard them yourself. 6. Writing PromptYou will write a 3-4 page paper (750-1000 words) address threequestions; What is religion? What are Native Americanreligions? How do we come to know or study them? I will beaddressing these questions in class lecture over the nextweek. Also, read the Preface and Introduction of "IndigenousReligions" to get more ideas on how to address this paper.It is to follow the standard essay format of introductoryparagraph, followed by examples and discussion and then finallya concluding paragraph. You should cite page numbers in thetext and if you bring in outside information that should beproperly cited.