Essential+Question+Essay+on+The+River

essential qustion essay on the river

Revised grade is 66. This is better Andrew. Thank you. Mr. B. 1/27 **Student: Andrew Baffuto** **Earned grade now = 54.** **Make revisions. Go for 100.** **Mr. Baskin**

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

**POINTS EARNED: 7** **Add a third trait. Explain in the last sentence that this will be proved by providing examples from the story.** + 2 pointss= 1/27 **10 points earned. You need to provide an example from the novel for each trait.** **You did not do this. Sorry, but no grade change--1/27**
 * 1) **Introduction Paragraph:** Thesis/topic sentence; at least three traits stated; explanation of how the essay will proceed.
 * Maximum Number of Points: 10**
 * 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:**

**7. Not a clear or acceptable job on this. Before they go to the woods, what is the problem or conflict. After they arrive, what is the problem? Then, when the lightning strikes, what is Brian's problem? Explain how this conflict has changed?** + 3 points--1/27
 * 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. 25 points earned. Full credit.
 * 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. 0 points earned. You did not do upload this at all. Do it. Use thinking-process language to summarize what happens on every page from 96 to 132. 7 points. Needs more detail, and it does not have thinking-process words.
 * 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. **5 points.** **This is an incomplete and rather sloppy job. Use the below fill-in-the-blank version of the conclusion to help you.** **"In Gary Paulsen's novel The River, the message learned or taught by Brian Robeson is that_** **_.**  **This is an important lesson to learn, because .**  **What this means is that**
 * 1) **Conclusion**
 * Maximum Number of Points: 15**

**_,** **Specifically, I will .**