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Rubric for Memoir

After giving the instructions for writing a memoir, students created their own memoir. Our major focus is on showing not telling, figurative language, and sensory details. The most important idea to keep in mind is that it should be your own story and represent a small moment in time.

Rubric Code: C2X8XX4

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Subject: English

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 9-12

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	Excellent 10 pts	Good 7 pts	Fair 4 pts	Poor 1 pts
Conventions Close attention to spelling, punctuation, and grammar.	Excellent Writer makes no more than 1 error in grammar and spelling. If dialogue is used, follows correct presentation and punctuation.	Good Writer makes 2-3 errors in grammar and spelling. Dialogue is used with little attention to correct presentation or punctuation.	Fair Writer makes 4-5 errors in grammar and spelling. Dialogue is unclear due to lack of punctuation.	Poor Writer makes more than 5 errors in grammar and spelling. Difficult to follow due to lack of attentions to the conventions of good writing.
Author's Voice~Ideas 1st Person Point of View. One controlling idea pertaining to a personal experience	Excellent The writer used the pronoun I to tell the story. Entire story from the writer's point of view.There is one controlling idea pertaining to a personal experience. Details are relevant and ideas are fully developed. The author establishes a setting and develops characters.	Good The writer told the story from their point of view. Did not always use pronoun I.There is one controlling idea based on a personal experience but setting and characters are only somewhat developed	Fair It is unclear who is speaking. Writer slips into other point of view frequently.The author writes about a childhood experience but does not stay on topic or does not include details of setting or characters.	Poor Story is not from the writer's point of view. The pronoun I is never used. Little or no writing was completed.
Showing Not Telling Paint a picture of your experience with words. Do not just TELL the story.Writer pays attention to power words that create imagery.	Excellent The writer used action verbs, adjectives that "show and not tell,"and figurative language: * Metaphors or similes * Personification * Hyperbole * Onomatopoeia * Sensory Words * Symbols	Good Writer attempts to use eye catching verbs and some adjectives that "show and not tell." The narrative contains sensory and descriptive details that are weak. Mood difficult to understand.	Fair Writer makes little effort to "show and not tell." The narrative is missing sensory and descriptive details. No mood understood.	Poor Writer makes no attempt to "show and not tell." There are no sensory or descriptive details. No mood understood.
Organization Create a clear sense of beginning, middle, and end.	Excellent Writer hooked the attention of the reader in the beginning. All events in order. Strong ending. Followed all criteria.	Good Writer has a clear begining. Most events in order. Clear ending. Missed 1-2 requirements for the assignment.	Fair Writers beginning doesn't capture the interest of reader. Events are out of order. There is an unclear ending. Missed 3-4 requirements for the assignment.	Poor Writer has no clear beginning. There are no clear events stated. There is no clear ending. Missed more than 4 items in criteria for final copy requirements for the assignment.
Presentation + 5 points for creative cover sheet to begin the narrative.	Excellent The final draft is typed in size 12, Times New Roman font, it is double space (2.0) and it is justify. Work comply with the minimum required (3) paragraphs.	Good The final draft is typed, but is not typed according to requirements. The final draft is hand-written neatly and legibly, on one side of the paper only, and in pen.	Fair The final draft is handwritten. Not written in pen. Story continues on the back side of the paper. Does not follow required format.	Poor The final draft is hand-written, illegible, and messy.

Keywords:

Childhood Narrative

Subjects:

English

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