Midsemester Exam

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• The Live Chat for the on-line Anthropology of Food Midterm Exam will be Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Sign in on in the Week 6 Panel.

  
  
• The MIDTERM ON-LINE EXAM will be timed at 1-1/2 hrs. (The timing will start after you read the introduction, when you say 'go'")
  
  
• Includes in-class videos / film, important e-mails, Forum posts, assigned web materials and weeklly reading and other class materials
  [4 of 7 questions for up to 400 points]
  
  

• The Midsemester exam will be an open-book essay exam
  
  
  • Essay exams usually provide a better learning experience and, in addition, afford practice in writing
    
    

• This is an open-book exam
  
  
  • You may bring and use your texts, dictionary, thesaurus, a writing handbook, class handouts, notes, outlines, drafts, and memos
    
    
  • You may also use references and materials from your other classes, with the caveat, of course, that you properly cite any sources you use
    
    
• f2f: You may bring and use your laptop
  
  
  • but you must upload your exam to your Moodle folder at the end of the exam period
    
    
  • be sure to save your work regularly throughout the exam
    
    
  • REM: Be sure to have your batteries charged

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Midterm Exam

• The Midterm exam will cover materials up to and including Day (11) of Week 06

• This includes the lecture materials, in-class videos, E-mails, the Forum, the basic introductory materials of the texts, and the text and class materials.
  
  
• This is an open-book exam
  
  

  • You may bring and use your texts, dictionary, thesaurus, a writing handbook, class handouts, notes, outlines, drafts, and memos
    
    
  • You may also use references and materials from your other classes, with the caveat, of course, that you properly cite any sources you use
    
    
  • You should bring and use your laptop
    
    

    • but you must upload your exam to your Moodle folder at the end of the exam period
      
      
    • REM: Be sure to have your batteries charged
      
      
    • In the f2f exam please be prepared to upload the entire exam as one file, if you can
      
      
    • NOTE: It does not work simply to type in the .rtf extension on an existing .wps file. You must load the original document and then resave it as a .rtf file type

    
    
    
• The midsemester exam counts for up to 400 points or about* 20% of your final grade



• You will have the four (4) questions randomly selected from a pool of questions
  
  

Midterm Exam
Sample Exam Format

Anthropology of Food Midsemester Exam   to top of page / A-Z index 14 February 2012
	Answer the FOUR (only 4) questions randomly selected from the question pool. Keep in mind that there is more than one approach you can take in answering these questions. Follow these guidelines:
	Organize your answer before you begin
	Where appropriate, be sure to state:
	What or who something is Where it occurred or is located Why it is important When it occurred How it happened or how it works
	State YOUR position or approach clearly
	Cite specific examples or references to support your statements
	Mention problem areas or other relevant materials which you would like to consider further in a more thorough statement. That is, when you're finished with your answer, what major questions are still left unanswered?
	Summarize your argument or discussion
	Where appropriate use materials from more than one region of the world
	Remember that your responses should have a beginning, a middle, and an end
	Do not discuss any topic or country at length in more than one question

1. With prior consent of the instructor, you may take makeup exams at any of the times scheduled by the Sociology-Anthropology Department. These times will also be announced in class. If you are taking the exam in person, pick up your makeup exam in Cina 228, not the classroom. If you are taking the exam on-line, please e-mail troufs@d.umn.edu to schedule a time.
   
   
2. It usually takes several days for makeup exams to be returned to you
   
   
3. Makeup Exam scores will be posted as soon as they are ready on the web on .
   
   
4. Use "The Curve" to figure out your letter grade