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Personal Narrative Personal Narrative Over the course of reading our novel, you have written numerous personal narratives. For the final personal narrative assignment, you will choose one of your narratives and develop it into a polished piece of writing. Rubric Code: W5WBBA By paulnoce Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

Personal Narrative
	Excellent 5 pts	Proficent 4 pts	Satisfactory 3 pts	Needs Improvement 2 pts	Undeveloped 1 pts
Meaning	Excellent -Focuses on a specific event or experience -Presents an engaging picture of the action and people involved. -reader want to know what happens next -Contains specific details and images	Proficent	Satisfactory	Needs Improvement	Undeveloped
Opening Paragraph / Dialogue	Excellent Has a great attention grabber (hook) and gives adequate background information to set up story. The dialogue is used to reveal insight into the characters. It is clear who is speaking and characters act and react during conversation.	Proficent Has a good attention grabber (hook) and gives adequate background information to set up story. Dialogue is evident and it is clear who is speaking.	Satisfactory Has either a weak hook or gives little background information to set up story. The dialogue is weak and sketchy.	Needs Improvement No hook or background information. No conversation takes place since there is only one piece of dialogue.	Undeveloped
Showing Not Telling	Excellent The entire paper is full of excellent description. I can see the story happening	Proficent The details are appropriate and at times create some visualization	Satisfactory Verbs do not make sense. Lack of adjectives and specific details make it difficult to picture what the writer is trying to say	Needs Improvement Paper is dry. Maybe a single attempt to create visualization	Undeveloped
Conclusion	Excellent The conclusion is developed. The lesson learned/goal reached and significance of the experience clearly stated	Proficent The conclusion is stated; It shows the lesson learned/goal reached	Satisfactory There is a conclusion, but it does not clearly state the lesson learned/goal reached	Needs Improvement There was no lesson learned stated in the conclusion	Undeveloped -are minimal -may be illegible or not recognizable as English
Conventions	Excellent Demonstrate control of the conventions.	Proficent Demonstrate control of the conventions, with very few minor errors that have no effect on comprehension	Satisfactory Demonstrate partial control, exhibiting some sentence-level errors that do not hinder comprehension	Needs Improvement Demonstrate a lack of control, exhibiting many errors that make comprehension difficult	Undeveloped