Understanding the ENG1101 Exam
The ENG1101 Exam, which is a uniform departmental exam, is administered over two class periods. The first part asks students to write a summary of an article, usually from The New York Times, and the second part asks students to write an in-class essay analyzing the article’s ideas. Instructors are strongly encouraged to schedule the exam to accommodate both their students’ and their own schedules. The City Tech college exam schedule does not take into account the time needed for grading and assessing final exams and other final semester work for the ENG1101 course. Therefore, instructors are encouraged to schedule the first part of the exam the class prior to the official start of the exam period and reserve the last class period for make-up exams. Thus for a M/W schedule, Part I of the exam would be administered on Wednesday, Dec. 11 and Part II on Monday, Dec. 16, with Wednesday, Dec. 18 being reserved for make-up exams for any students who missed either Part I or Part II. For a T/Th schedule, Part 1 would be administered Thursday, Dec. 12 and Part II on Tuesday, Dec. 17, with Thursday, Dec. 19 being reserved for make-up exams. IF A STUDENT MISSES BOTH PARTS OF THE EXAM, a make-up exam will be scheduled at some point in January. The Department will e-mail information about this official Department Make-Up Exam before the end of the semester.
The exams can be picked up in the department chair’s office and must be signed for in N512. Exams will be available for pick-up beginning Monday, December 9. They are to be marked and returned to the department when final grades are submitted. The official college deadline for the submission of Final Grades is Thursday, December 26. However, please note that the college is CLOSED December 24 and December 25, and faculty are strongly encouraged to submit their Final Grades by Monday, December 23.
Sample ENG1101 Final Exam Materials
Sample City Tech ENG1101 Final Exam
Sample Student Summaries Assessed Using Summary Performance Rubric
Assessing the ENG1101 Final Exam
Although the ENG1101 final exam is written by members of the department, it is graded by the professor. While the majority of faculty members weigh each part of the exam equally in calculating a student’s grade for the exam, it is up to the instructor to decide how the two parts of the exam are weighted and how grades are calculated. To offer some guidance in assessing the exams, the English Department has created Performance Rubrics for both parts of the exam. In terms of overall grading guidelines, please refer to the departmental grading guidelines that were distributed by the department at the beginning of the semester. Faculty may also wish to consult Professor Garcia’s guidelines for grading the ENG1101 final exam, included below.
ENG1101 Final Exam Summary Performance Rubric
ENG1101 Final Exam Essay Performance Rubric
Professor Garcia’s Guidelines for Grading the ENG1101 Final Exam
