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Percy Jackson-A True Hero

According to Joseph Campbell in "The Hero's Journey," all heroes follow a similar path on the road to becoming a hero. Write a 5 paragraph essay to demonstrate that Percy Jackson is a hero in "The Lightning Thief." Select three of the stages and show how Percy followed the journey outlined by Campbell. Include quotes from the novel as well as from "The Hero's Journey" to support this idea. Remember to write a connecting sentence to tie the quotes together.

Rubric Code: KX486W6

By SGalanek1

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

Percy Jackson-A True Hero
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Introduction	Excellent Introduction includes a thesis statement; novel, article, and Percy Jackson are introduced; stages are mentioned.	Good Introduction is missing one component.	Fair Introduction is missing two components.	Poor Introduction is missing three or more components.
Supporting Evidence	Excellent Strong supporting evidence and quotes with page numbers are included in each paragraph.	Good Supporting evidence and quotes with page numbers are included.	Fair Supporting evidence or quotes/page numbers are missing.	Poor No evidence or quotes are included.
Connecting Details	Excellent Quotes are logically connected with a clearly written sentence.	Good Quotes are connected with a sentence but the connection is weak or unclear.	Fair An attempt to connect the quotes has been made.	Poor The quotes are not connected.
Conclusion	Excellent The conclusion reviews the information included in the essay, and restates it in an original way.	Good The conclusion reviews the information includes in the the essay but not in a unique way.	Fair A conclusion is included in the essay, but it does not really "wrap up" the essay.	Poor The essay has no conclusion.
Mechanics, grammar, spelling	Excellent There are fewer than 5 errors in the essay.	Good There are fewer than 8 errors in the essay.	Fair There are fewer than 10 errors in the essay.	Poor There are 11 or more errors in the essay.