Essential+Question+Essay+on+The+River



**Student: Katherine Maurno** 80 points. Please make revisions to raise the grade. Especially take the time to rewrite the thinking-process summary of pages 96-132.
 * Grading Points Rubric for Essential-Question Essay on __The River__**

**10 points.**
 * 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:**

**15 points.**
 * 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:**

**10 points. How does the conflict change? Sum it up, also, in general terms. Don't delete from this section. Just add to it.**
 * 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.
 * 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. **10 points. Needs much more detail and do use the 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. **10 points.** **Reread your essay. Try to connect the message of the novel in general terms with your life. What if you do not face a life-and-death situation?**
 * 1) **Conclusion**
 * Maximum Number of Points: 15**
 * How might you/could you apply the lesson of this novel? Please revise the Conclusion .**