Cold Equations New Ending Rubric

•You are a researcher in the year 2196.  You discover some pages of an ancient textbook containing a short story called “The Cold Equations.”  However, the final pages are missing.  The last bit of text you can read is Marilyn’s “I’m ready.”  Write a plausible resolution for the story that is different from the present ending.  Suppose you are an optimistic researcher.  Is it possible to find a happy ending?  This must be at least 1 page, typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font, and 12-size type.

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• The student writes a plausible new ending for “The Cold Equations.”    (20 points)  ______

•The new ending begins immediately after Marilyn says, “I’m ready.”  (10points)  ______

•The new ending takes into account the details and scientific facts

•presented in the original story.    (20 points)  ______

•The characters’ thoughts and feeling in the new ending reflect their

•personalities as they are presented in the original story.    (20 points)  ______

•Dialogue effectively reveals what the characters are feeling and

•thinking about the problem and their resolution of it.    (10 points)  ______

•The new ending is relatively free of errors in spelling, grammar, usage,

•and mechanics.  (Three errors equal minus ten points)    (10 points)_______

•Dialogue punctuated correctly      (10  points) _________________