I’m working on a music theory writing question and need a sample draft to help me understand better.

we had in class (Guardino, Mejia, Castaneda, or Cornejo). The recordings of all the guest speakers are all on Blackboard under course documents

Grading guide:

• If essay does not deal with the films: 100 points off
• If essay deals only with your personal experience without linking it to the films: 50-100 points off
• Each typo or grammatical mistake: 1 point off (Example of what NOT to write: “I become tired every time the subject was brought up”)
• Contractions: 1 point off (each time) (Example of what NOT to write: “I’d rather be swimming than reading”)
• An awkwardly-written sentence and/or nonsensical sentences: 1 point off (each time) (Example of what sort of sentence NOT to write: “She veered on the topic when talking towards the presentation”; “The Spanish colonized California before it was sold to the French”).
• If you do not write down the word count at the end of the essay: 10 points off
• Each word under 500 words: 2 points off
• If you do not write the name of the films as a title: 5 points off
• If there is no evidence that you actually watched the documentaries (because what you wrote doesn’t match up): 100 points off (Example of what kind of sentence NOT to write: “The film about Chunky tells about his life growing up in New York City”).
• If the essay is not in paragraph format: 20 points off
• If the essay is just one paragraph: 20 points off
• If essay is not submitted on time: 20 points off for every hour after the deadline
• If you plagiarize: F in the class
• If the essay focuses only on superficial, irrelevant, or trivial things: up to 100 points off. Example of what NOT to write: “The speaker wore a beautiful diamond necklace that sparkled when she spoke about Mexican immigration to the U.S. I wish I had a necklace like that one. Diamonds are my best friends.”
• If the essay is just a summary of events: up to 100 points off. Example of what not to write: “First, the speaker said that Latinos make up 18 percent of the population in the U.S. Then she said that 60% of Latinos are of Mexican ancestry. Then she said that the second largest groups are Salvadorans, Guatemalans, and Colombians. Then she said that…” Please do NOT do this.