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Autobiography

Persuasive Essay

Students write their own life story in their Autobiography.

Rubric Code: RBBC57

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

Autobiography Rubric
	Excellent Effort 100 pts	Good Effort 75 pts	Lacked Effort 50 pts	Little Effort 30 pts
Cover Page, Contents, I Am Poem	Excellent Effort Completely followed guidelines 10	Good Effort Mostly followed guidelines 7	Lacked Effort Mostly followed guidelines, but parts are missing 5	Little Effort Missing many parts 2
Chapters 1-6	Excellent Effort Completely followed guidelines, and a page in length 30	Good Effort Mostly followed guidelines, and a page in length 20	Lacked Effort Mostly followed guidelines, but not a page in length 13	Little Effort Didn't follow guidelines, and not a page in length 8
Organization and Flow	Excellent Effort Each chapter is well organized and supporting details flow naturally. 30	Good Effort Each chapter is organized and supporting details somewhat flow. 20	Lacked Effort Each chapter is loosely organized and supporting details have little flow. 13	Little Effort Each chapter is unorganized and supporting details are seemingly in random order. 8
Focus on Topic	Excellent Effort Each paragraph contains a topic sentence, supporting sentences, and closing sentence that clearly makes a transition to the next paragraph. 20	Good Effort Each paragraph contains a topic sentence, with some supporting sentences and closing sentence. 15	Lacked Effort Topic sentence is missing or isn't supported by details. 10	Little Effort The topic sentence is not clear or missing. There is a seemingly random collection of information. 5
Grammar, Spelling, Technical	Excellent Effort 10 No spelling/grammar errors. Double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font.	Good Effort 7 Some spelling/grammar errors. Double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font.	Lacked Effort 5 Some spelling/grammar errors,not double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font.	Little Effort 3 Many errors, and does not follow technical guidelines.