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Personal Narrative Essay 
Personal Narrative Essay
A Personal Narrative is about an important, life-changing event from your life. This memorable event s/b in chronological order. Use at least 2 literary elements. Include a reflection in your essay on what you learned from this experience. To level up above the provincial standard (L3), link event to society issues and examine the cause/effect of the situation in a deeper than surface explanation. Your personal narrative should be have the components listed on the class assignment sheet.
Rubric Code: L22842A
By aprilmwalker
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Powered by iRubric Personal Narrative
  L1-L2

(N/A)

L3

(N/A)

L4

(N/A)

Genre
35 pts

/Wrote a personal narrative about an important event in your life. Wrote in first person (I, me, we, us) to tell the reader your story.
L1-L2

Student did not write about an important event in your life and did not use first person point of view. The explanation of the event is too brief.
L3

Student is missing either an important event or did not write in first person point of view (I, me, we, us). Student did an adequate job at explaining your event.
L4

This personal narrative is about an important event in student's life and is written in first person using I, me, we, or us. Student links their event to society and the issues that effect others. Student examines the cause/effect of the situation in a deeper than surface explanation
Elements
  L1-L2

(N/A)

L3

(N/A)

L4

(N/A)

Chronological Order
10 pts

Your personal narrative is written in chronological order of the event(s) and when are where it took place.
L1-L2

Student personal narrative is not in chronological order. The events of the essay were not in order of what happened first, second, third, and last.
L3

Student's personal narrative is incomplete. Chronological order inconsistently in your essay.
L4

Personal narrative is in chronological order telling reader what happened first, second, third, and last.
Literary device
20 pts

You used the literary element flashback to create to a strong memory of a past event that comes suddenly into your mind.
L1-L2

Student did not use literary elements in their personal narrative.
L3

Student used 2 literary elements/devices; however, they may be incorrectly used.
L4

Literary elements used correctly in the personal narrative. They are descriptive and enhance the story being told.
Reflection
20 pts

Conclude your personal narrative with a reflection on what you learned from this experience.
L1-L2

Student's personal narrative does not contain a reflection telling reader what they learned from this experience.
L3

This personal narrative contains a reflection but it is unclear to that reader about what was learned from this experience.
L4

This personal narrative contains a thoroughly explained reflection that tells the reader what the writer learned from the situation/experience. The writer uses cause/effect explanations to expand on the lesson learned and how it would relate to the "world-at-large".
Format
  L1-L2

(N/A)

L3

(N/A)

L4

(N/A)

Mechanics
10 pts

Your personal essay has proper sentence structure. Your essay contains complete sentences with correct capitalization and punctuation
L1-L2

Personal essay does not have proper sentence structure. The tenses shift throughout the essay. It contains sentence fragments and incorrect capitalization and punctuation.
L3

Personal essay contains inconsistent sentence structure. The sentences may or may not be varied in length. There is a lack of flow/continuity throughout. This essay contains some sentences fragments or incorrect grammar, capitalization and punctuation.
L4

This personal narrative has proper sentence structure and grammar. All of your sentences are complete sentences and each sentence has the correct capitalization and punctuation. Transitions add to flow and continuity.



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