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Rubric for Memoir

After reading Annie Dillard's excerpt from her childhood memoir, students created their own memoir. Our major focus is on showing not telling, figurative language, and sensory details. The most important idea to keep in mind is that it should be your own story and represent a small moment in time.

Rubric Code: TBX233

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Subject: English

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 6-8

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	10 pts	7 pts	4 pts	1 pts	Points Earned Total for Category 10 pts
Conventions Close attention to spelling, punctuation, and grammar.	10 Writer makes no more than 1 error in grammar and spelling. If dialogue is used, follows correct presentation and punctuation.	7 Writer makes 2-3 errors in grammar and spelling. Dialogue is used with little attention to correct presentation or punctuation.	4 Writer makes 4-5 errors in grammar and spelling. Dialogue is unclear due to lack of punctuation.	1 Writer makes more than 5 errors in grammar and spelling. Difficult to follow due to lack of attentions to the conventions of good writing.	Points Earned
Author's Voice~Ideas 1st Person Point of View. One controlling idea pertaining to a personal experience	10 The writer used the pronoun I to tell the story. Entire story from the writer's point of view.There is one controlling idea pertaining to a personal experience. Details are relevant and ideas are fully developed. The author establishes a setting and develops characters.	7 The writer told the story from their point of view. Did not always use pronoun I.There is one controlling idea based on a personal experience but setting and characters are only somewhat developed	4 It is unclear who is speaking. Writer slips into other point of view frequently.The author writes about a childhood experience but does not stay on topic or does not include details of setting or characters.	1 Story is not from the writer's point of view. The pronoun I is never used. Little or no writing was completed.	Points Earned
Showing Not Telling Paint a picture of your experience with words. Do not just TELL the story.Writer pays attention to power words that create imagery.	10 The writer used action verbs, adjectives that "show and not tell,"and figurative language: * Metaphors or similes * Personification * Hyperbole * Onomatopoeia * Sensory Words * Symbols	7 Writer attempts to use eye catching verbs and some adjectives that "show and not tell." The narrative contains sensory and descriptive details that are weak. Mood difficult to understand.	4 Writer makes little effort to "show and not tell." The narrative is missing sensory and descriptive details. No mood understood.	1 Writer makes no attempt to "show and not tell." There are no sensory or descriptive details. No mood understood.	Points Earned
Organization Create a clear sense of beginning, middle, and end.	10 Writer hooked the attention of the reader in the beginning. All events in order. Strong ending. Followed all criteria.	7 Writer has a clear begining. Most events in order. Clear ending. Missed 1-2 requirements for the assignment.	4 Writers beginning doesn't capture the interest of reader. Events are out of order. There is an unclear ending. Missed 3-4 requirements for the assignment.	1 Writer has no clear beginning. There are no clear events stated. There is no clear ending. Missed more than 4 items in criteria for final copy requirements for the assignment.	Points Earned
Presentation + 5 points for creative cover sheet to begin the narrative.	10 The final draft is typed in 12 point and follows MLA style formatting (heading in upper left hand side, title not underlined or in quotes, double-spaced throughout with 5 space indent for new paragraphs)	7 The final draft is typed, but is not typed according to requirements. The final draft is hand-written neatly and legibly, on one side of the paper only, and in pen.	4 The final draft is handwritten. Not written in pen. Story continues on the back side of the paper. Does not follow required format.	1 The final draft is hand-written, illegible, and messy.	Points Earned

Keywords:

Childhood Narrative

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English

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