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**Dear Brandon:** **Much better. Thank you. See my comments below. You worked hard on this and you really improved.** **Yours,** **Mr. Baskin on 1/27/12**
 * Student: Brandon Hodge**


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

**7 points-incomplete.**
 * 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:[[file:Use the following fill the blannk 112911.docx]]introduction paragraph**

**I'm sorry, but you hardly did this. 5 points earned. Mr. B. on 1/27/12**
 * 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:**
 * 0 points. Missing. Add this.[[file:river.docx112911.docx]]traits paragraph**


 * 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:**
 * Well done. Full credit. 15 points.[[file:riverconflictparagraph.DOC113011.DOC113011.DOC]]conflift paragraph**

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.thinking process Totally missing. Where is it. 0 points. Find/do/upload. You completed half of this. So, half credit. 13 points. From twenty to forty sentences summarizing what Brian is doing on these pages using the vocabulary of the thinking process. **This is much more detailed. But, do you use the thinking-process words? And I think you and I need to work a bit on finding ways to** **avoid run-on sentences. In any event, 15 points on this section.**
 * 1) **Fill-in-the-Blanks Paragraphs on the Thinking Process/Problem Solving:**
 * Maximum Number of Points: 25 POINTS EARNED**
 * 1) **Summary of Paragraphs 97-132 in terms of the Thinking Process**
 * Maximum Number of Points: 20 POINTS EARNED:[[file:Brandon_Hodge________________________________________________12[1].docx]]summary paragraph**
 * 10 points. Not nearly as detailed as it needs to be. You did not use thinking-process words.**

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. **Much improved: Now 10 points. How could you apply this lesson in your future life?** **Mr. B. on 1/27/12**
 * 1) **Conclusion**
 * Maximum Number of Points: 15[[file:Herodotus Passage II brandon 11112.docx]]**
 * Zero points, because you did not do this.river conclussion**