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Personal Narrative: Entertaining Anecdote

Humorous Anecdote

Brighten someone's day by writing an anecdote; a short story that will entertain your audience.

Rubric Code: Q87A95

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

Entertaining Anecdote
	Excellent 20 pts	Good 15 pts	Fair 10 pts	Poor 5 pts
Organization	Excellent The description has a stated focus and clear and appropriate organization, such as spatial, chronological, or order of importance. Transitions consistently help readers follow the organization.	Good The description has a focus and a clear organization, such as spatial, chronological, or order of importance. Transitions usually help readers follow organization	Fair The description has an organization, but either it needs improvement or it should be changed to a different organization. some transitions are used, but more are needed.	Poor The writing does not have a noticeable organization. Transitions may be lacking, and the relationship between details may be hard to understand.
Elements of Description	Excellent Overall purpose is clear. Many vivid sensory details help readers visualize a person, place, or event. Details relate to the central focus. the writer creates a unique description that helps readers share the experience.	Good Overall purpose is clear. Sensory details help readers visualize a person, place, or event. Most details relate to the central focus. The writer creates a realistic description that readers can follow.	Fair Overall purpose is not always clear. Some sensory details are used, but more are needed. Extraneous details should be eliminated. The writer creates a description that tells about the experience rather than helps readers share it.	Poor Overall purpose may be unclear or nonexistent. Few sensory details or are included. The description does not help readers visualize a person, place, or event.
Conventions	Excellent There are few or no errors in mechanics, usage, grammar, or spelling. Word choice is consistently careful and precise.	Good There are minor errors in mechanics, usage, grammar, or spelling. Word choice is usually careful and precise.	Fair There are numerous errors in mechanics, usage, grammar, or spelling. Word choice is often general, vague, or imprecise.	Poor Numerous errors in mechanics, usage, grammar, or spelling may hinder comprehension. Word choice is general and imprecise.
Redundancy	Excellent Uses a wide variety of vocabulary and different sentence structures	Good Uses a some variety of vocabulary and different sentence structures.	Fair Has a large amount of repeated word choice and/or sentence structure	Poor Uses the same word choice and/or sentence structure over and over again throughout the paper.
Format	Excellent Uses default font and size (aka don't mess with it), Double Spaced Throughout the entire essay, Uses standard heading Has a catchy title with correct words capitalized and no quotes or underlining.	Good Has followed most of the requirements in the previous box.	Fair Has followed some of the requirements in the Excellent format box.	Poor Has followed few of the requirements in the Excellent format box.

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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