iRubric: Lad's Personal Narrative Writing rubric

May be very brief.
May have a major drift.
Focus may be confusing or ambiguous.

Inconsistently establishes a setting, narrator, and/or characters.

Adequately establishes a setting, narrator, and/or characters.

Effectively establishes a setting, narrator, and/or characters.

Minimal elaboration using little or no details, dialogue, and description.

Uneven or inconsistent use of details, dialogue, and descriptions.

Adequate use of details, dialogue, and descriptions.

Effective use of details, dialogue, and descriptions.

Errors are frequent and severe. Meaning is often obscured.

Frequent errors in usage and inconsistent use of punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.

Some errors in usage and sentence formation.
Adequate use of punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.

Few, if any, errors in usage and sentence formation.
Effective and consistent use of punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.