Essential+Question+Essay+On+the+essay

Sorry. No grade change. Still, you did a good job, Chris, and you are making progress as a writer. I am proud of you, sir. Mr. B.

Much better job, Chris. Earned grade is an 80. See my comments below. Always re-read your work to catch those sentences that need clarification. Ok? Mr.B. 1/28/12 **Student: Chris Barnett.** **Earned Grade is 32. Make corrections. Find/do/upload missing sections.** **Go for 100.** **Mr. Baskin** **1/16/12**


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

**Five points. Missing some fill-in-the-blank sentences.** 10 points now. Chris, you need to insert paragraph breaks when you move to a new idea/paragraph. 1/28/12 Mr. B.
 * 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:**
 * 10 points. Provide an example for each .**
 * 13 points now . 1/28/12**

**7 points. Explain what the conflict is at the beginning when Derek first meets Brian, when they are out in the woods before the lightning strike, and after the lightning strike.** **13 points. Much better. Always reread what you read to 'listen' for areas that are unclear. Ok?**
 * 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. **Zero points. You do not have this at all. Where is it? Find it/do it/upload it.** **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. You only did about half of the pages.** **Good summary, but you don't have thinking-process words. 15 points.** 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. **Zero points. Conclusion is missing. Write it/find it/upload it.** **Conclusion is far too short. Follow the directions right here, above.** **4 points. 1/28/12**
 * 1) **Summary of Paragraphs 97-132 in terms of the Thinking Process**
 * Maximum Number of Points: 20 POINTS EARNED:**
 * 1) **Conclusion**
 * Maximum Number of Points: 15**