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Personal Essay Personal Essay Students will write a brief essay in which they discuss why they like and drawing and what their art reveals about their personality. Rubric Code: E73AB4 By bigdave999 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

Personal Essay
	Excellent 5 pts	Good 4 pts	Fair 3 pts	Poor 2 pts
Main Idea	Excellent The main idea not only responds to the prompt, but further enlightens the reader with an obvious and meaningful exploration of your feelings, thoughts and personal discoveries.	Good The main idea is present and clearly responds to the prompt.	Fair The main idea is present but does not clearly respond to the prompt.	Poor The main idea is not present or is unclear.
Supporting details	Excellent Each detail supports, or tells more about your original point of view with an obvious and consistent flow or connection between them.	Good Each detail supports your original point of view, but the flow or connection between them is sometimes uneven.	Fair Some of the details support your original point of view, but there are some that do not.	Poor The details do not clearly support your original point of view.
Logical order	Excellent The paragraph is developed in a logical order appropriate to the writer's purpose and readers needs.	Good Most of the writing is presented in a logical order, and readers should have little trouble following the supporting details.	Fair There is an attempt to develop the writing in a logical order, but some of the writing may be presented in an order readers may find confusing.	Poor The supporting details within the writing as a whole are not developed in a logical order.
Grammar and Mechanics	Excellent There is nothing in the spelling, usage or mechanics that is distracting to the reader.	Good The writing contains a few errors in usage, spelling and mechanics, but they are not distracting to the reader.	Fair The writing contains several errors in usage, spelling and mechanics, some of which are distracting to the reader.	Poor The writing contains countless errors in usage, spelling and mechanics most of which are distracting to the reader.