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Rubric for Personal Narrative

The students wrote a narrative on a personal experience.

Rubric Code: Z6W685

By tmcbarron

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8, Undergraduate

Category
	(N/A)	(N/A)	(N/A)	(N/A)
Mechanics (Conventions)	N/A Writer makes no more than 1 error in puctuation, capitalizations, spelling, etc.	N/A Writer makes 2-3 errors.	N/A Writer makes 4-5 errors.	N/A Writer makes more than 5 errors in grammar and spelling.
Sensory Details	N/A The narrative includes sensory and reflective details. They control the mood of the story.	N/A The narrative contains sensory and reflective details that are weak. Mood difficult to understand.	N/A The narrative is missing a large amount of sensory and reflective details. No mood understood.	N/A There are no sensory or reflective details. No mood understood.
Dialogue	N/A There are examples of dialogue. It is clear who is speaking.	N/A There are few examples of dialogue. It is clear who is speaking.	N/A There are not enough examples of dialogue. It is unclear who is speaking.	N/A There is no dialogue, or none at all. It isn't clear who is speaking.
Showing Not Telling	N/A The writer used eye catching verbs and adjectives that "show and not tell."	N/A Writer attempts to use eye catching verbs and some adjectives that "show and not tell."	N/A Writer makes little effort to "show and not tell."	N/A Writer makes no attempt to "show and not tell."
Organization	N/A Writer hooked the attention of the reader in the begining. All events in order. Strong ending. Followed all criteria for typing final copy.	N/A Writer has a clear begining. Most events in order. Clear ending. Missed 1-2 criteria for typing final copy.	N/A Writers begining doesn't capture the interest of reader. Events are out of order. There is an unclear ending. Missed 3-4 criteria for final copy.	N/A Writer has no clear begining. There are no clear events stated. There is no clear ending. Missed more than 4 items in criteria for final copy.
Presentation	N/A Writer followed procedures for presentation. Paper is clean, uncrumpled & pleasing to the reader	N/A Writer missed one or incorrectly followed one procedure for presentation. Paper is clean, uncrumpled & pleasing to the reader.	N/A Writer missed two or more procedures. Paper could be presented more neatly.	N/A No procedures followed or paper is messy, crumpled, dirty or torn.