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Personal Narrative/Reflective Essay Personal Narrative/Reflective Essay Students write about a personal experience that meant something to them. Rubric Code: H2XX48C By HCHSFrench Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

Personal Narratives
	Exceeds/Meets Expectation Points Possible: 5-4 (N/A)	Almost Meets Expectations Points Possible: 3-2 (N/A)	Fails to Meet Expectations Points Possible: 1-0 (N/A)
ORGANIZATION	Exceeds/Meets Expectation The opening grabs the reader's attention. The events are logically arranged. The ending provides appropriate closure.	Almost Meets Expectations The beginning needs a better hook. The order of the events is a little unorganized or off-track. The ending could be more influential.	Fails to Meet Expectations The beginning is dull. The sequence of events does not make sense. The narrative trails off-- it needs a solid ending.
IDEAS AND CONTENT	Exceeds/Meets Expectation The writer describes an important experience that happened to them or someone they admire. The writer makes it easy for the reader to see the significance of this event by stating/alluding to the life lesson.	Almost Meets Expectations The importance of the experience the writer chose doesn't come through as clearly as it should.	Fails to Meet Expectations Not much happens. Few details are used. The narrative does not take shape.
VOICE	Exceeds/Meets Expectation A first-person narrator is used. The author's personality is apparent in the writing.	Almost Meets Expectations A consistent first person point of view is not always apparent. The writing could benefit from more personality.	Fails to Meet Expectations The story is told from the wrong point of view and is missing a voice.
WORD CHOICE	Exceeds/Meets Expectation The story abounds with sensory details that really re-create the experience for the reader. The writer uses a variety of sentence structures, which allow the paper's ideas to flow nicely.	Almost Meets Expectations The writing could benefit from more descriptive language. Sentence structure is pretty basic, so the writing doesn't flow as well as it could.	Fails to Meet Expectations Words are uninteresting or dull, unclear in meaning, and/or repeated often. Sentence structure is compromised by poor mechanics/grammar.
CONVENTIONS	Exceeds/Meets Expectation It's apparent the writing was carefully proofread.	Almost Meets Expectations More attentive proofreading should have been done.	Fails to Meet Expectations Proofreading wasn't a priority, it seems.