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Essential Question //__River Essay__//

**Student: Alexa Ryan and Lauren Feeley** **Earned points are 94. Make all of the revisions to raise the grade.**


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

**Maximum Number of Points: 10 POINTS EARNED:** **15 points. Full credit.**
 * 1) **Introduction Paragraph:** Thesis/topic sentence; at least three traits stated; explanation of how the essay will proceed.

**12 out of 15. Move from bottom part of the essay to right after the intro.**
 * 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:**

**FULL CREDIT. 15 POINTS.**
 * 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. **15 POINTS. WEAVE IN THE ACTUAL THINKING PROCESS WORDS IN ALL PARTS OF THE SUMMARY.**
 * 1) **Summary of Paragraphs 97-132 in terms of the Thinking Process**
 * Maximum Number of Points: 20 POINTS EARNED:**