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The Outsiders Essay Throughout the novel The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton presents strong leaders through characters like Ponyboy, Dallas, and Derry. Choose one of these characters and write a five paragraph essay about how they contributed to society as well as within their group of friends. Within your essay, include one quote from the novel that you think best describes the character you chose. Be sure to write about where your character ends up at the conclusion of the novel. Rubric Code: GX7W6XA By bas1016 Draft Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Reflection Grade Levels: 6-8

Essay #1
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts
the essay has an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion	Poor the essay failed to meet the requirements completely	Fair the essay contains an intro but no conclusion or a conclusion but no intro	Good The essay is written in five paragraph form with an introduction, three body, paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph
Essay includes a quote describing the character chosen	Poor The essay does not have a quote from the novel within in	Fair the essay contains a quote but there is no explanation of the quote in the paper	Good the essay contains a quote along with an explanation as to why the quote was chosen
Essay is written using proper grammar and spelling	Poor The essay has major grammatical/spelling errors that detract from the paper's essence	Fair the essay has a few minor errors that do not detract from the paper's meaning	Good the essay contains little to no errors