iRubric: Personal Narrative rubric

- clearly addresses all parts of the writing assignment and even goes beyond

- has a clear, specific seed idea/moment in time; well-developed and on topic

- fresh, original

- addresses all parts of the writing assignment

- has a seed idea, but may also include elements of a watermelon topic (too much happening)

- somewhat original

- addresses only one part of the writing assignment

- has a watermelon topic (not one, clear moment in time)

- somewhat predictable

- sensory words and phrases consistently used that enable the reader to visualize events or experiences

- lively verbs and precise nouns/adjectives/adverbs consistently used and cheerfully chosen

- includes dialogue effectively

- lists actions (the external story), but also includes meaningful internal thoughts and feelings (the internal story)

- some sensory words and phrases used

- some lively verbs and precise nouns/adjectives/adverbs used

- includes some dialogue, maybe not always effectively

- lists mostly actions (the external story), and some internal thoughts and feelings (the internal story)

- little to no sensory words and phrases used

- no lively verbs or precise nouns/adjectives/adverbs used

- includes little to no dialogue

- lists mostly actions (the external story), and little to no internal thoughts and feelings (the internal story)

- writes all complete sentences, no run-ons

- uses sentence variety consistently

- uses variety of sentence beginnings

- consistent and appropriate transitions

- may of one fragment or a few run-on sentences

- sometimes uses sentence variety

- some variety in sentence beginnings

- some use of appropriate transitions

- no sense of sentence structure

- only simple sentences or fragments

- all sentences begin the same

- endless transitions or none at all