Essential+Question+on+The+River__

Essential Question on the river Three more points added.

**Student: Kayla Toohey and Karla Galbo** **Ladies, you earned full credit on all of the sections (a generally very well written essay), except for the summary of pages 96-132 and the Conclusion. The summary of 96-132 earned 10 out of 20 points, because it needs to be twice as long/twice, twice as detailed, and it needs to use the thinking-process words. Fix this section. Your Conclusion earned half credit: 7 out of 15 points. Considering that two really smart ladies like you wrote this, it should be much more developed and detailed and thoughtful. Write: Three sentences about what the lesson is; three sentences about why this message or lesson is important; three or four sentences in which you predict or imagine how ou might use this lesson in your future life.** **Overall grade is an 82. Make fixes. Raise this to a 100 before next Friday, the 27th. Borrow copies of the novel, please.** **Mr. Baskin** **1/18/12**


 * Grading Points Rubric for Essential-Question Essay on __The River__**


 * 1) **Introduction Paragraph:** Thesis/topic sentence; at least three traits stated; explanation of how the essay will proceed.
 * Maximum Number of Points: 10 POINTS EARNED:**


 * 1) **Traits Paragraph:** List the traits; define each trait; provide a brief example from the novel for the trait.
 * Maximum Number of Points: 15 POINTS EARNED:**


 * 1) **Conflict Paragraph:** Description of the conflict at the beginning of the novel; description of how the conflict changes; explanation of what is similar to and different between the two conflicts.
 * Maximum Number of Points: 15 POINTS EARNED:**

Sixty-seven blanks to use the following thinking-process terms: observe or observation; wonder or reflect or reflection; name or naming or identify or identification; consider alternatives or options or considering; predict or predicting or prediction; choose a solution or make a choice or solve or choose; make a plan or prepare a plan or plan; gather resources; act or do or perform a solution.
 * 1) **Fill-in-the-Blanks Paragraphs on the Thinking Process/Problem Solving:**
 * Maximum Number of Points: 25 POINTS EARNED**

From twenty to forty sentences summarizing what Brian is doing on these pages using the vocabulary of the thinking process.
 * 1) **Summary of Paragraphs 97-132 in terms of the Thinking Process**
 * Maximum Number of Points: 20 POINTS EARNED:**

Restatement of the message or lesson of the novel; explanation of why this is an important message or lesson to know; description of how the writer of the essay (the student) can specifically use this lesson in his/her life in the future.
 * 1) **Conclusion**
 * Maximum Number of Points: 15**