Essential+Question+Essay+on+The+River

60 points. Raise this to a 100 by following my notes/directions to you, below. I really expect you to find or finish or do the missing sections by the end of next week, Eric. Please write back. Mr. Baskin 1/17/12
 * [[file:riverrr+essay+26.docx]]Student: Eric Johansen, Jr.**
 * Final earned grade = 87; Mr. B., 1/28/12**
 * Grading Points Rubric for Essential-Question Essay on __The River__**

**Full credit. 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:**

**Full credit. 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:**

**Zero points. YOU DID NOT DO THIS. DO IT? FIND IT? EARN POINTS FOR THIS, PLEASE.** **15 points--1/28/12 Mr. B.**
 * 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. **FULL CREDIT. 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. **NO CREDIT, AS YOU DID NOT DO THIS AT ALL. DO IT, PLEASE. FIND IT? EARN THE CREDIT. SUMMARIZE EACH OF THE PAGES FROM 96-132. USE THE THINKING PROCESS/PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCESS WORDS. STAY AFTER SCHOOL IF NECESSARY FOR HELP.** **15 points--Mr. B. 1/28/12**
 * 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. **7 POINTS EARNED. REREAD YOUR ESSAY AFTER YOU MAKE ALL OF THE REVISIONS. THINK, WHAT IS THE LESSON THAT HAS BEEN PROVED? WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? HOW, SPECIFICALLY, CAN YOU USE THIS IN YOUR LIFE?**
 * 1) **Conclusion**
 * Maximum Number of Points: 15**