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Personal Narrative 
Personal Narrative
Write a Personal Narrative Essay about an important,life-changing event from your life. Describe your memorable event in chronological order. Use the literary element flashback as an introduction technique. Include reactions in your personal narrative such as dialogue and emotions. Include a reflection in your essay on what you learned from this experience. Your personal narrative should be a five paragraph essay with an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
Rubric Code: DX99436
By mrsgatchalian
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 6-8

Powered by iRubric Personal Narrative
  Far Below Basic

1 pts

Approaching Goal

2 pts

Meets Goal

3 pts

Exceeds Goal

4 pts

Genre
4 pts

Wrote a personal narrative about an important event in your life. Wrote in first person (I, me, we, us) to tell the reader your story.
Far Below Basic

You did not write about an important event in your life and did not use first person point of view.
Approaching Goal

You are missing either an important event or did not write in first person point of view (I, me, we, us).
Meets Goal

Your personal narrative is about an important event in your life and you wrote in first person using I, me, we, or us.
Exceeds Goal

You met goals for a score of 3 and went above and beyond expectations!
Elements
  Far Below Basic

1 pts

Approaching Goal

2 pts

Meets Goal

3 pts

Exceeds Goal

4 pts

Chronological Order
4 pts

Your personal narrative is written in chronological order of the event(s) and when are where it took place.
Far Below Basic

Your personal narrative is not in chronological order. The events of your essay were not in order of what happened first, second, third, and last.
Approaching Goal

Your personal narrative is incomplete. You used chronological order inconsistently in your essay.
Meets Goal

Your personal narrative is in chronological order telling me what happened first, second, third, and last.
Exceeds Goal

You met goals for a score of 3 and went above and beyond expectations!
Flashback
4 pts

You used the literary element flashback to create to a strong memory of a past event that comes suddenly into your mind.
Far Below Basic

You did not use the literary element flashback in your introduction of your personal narrative.
Approaching Goal

You used the literary element flashback incorrectly. You did not state a strong memory of the past event you wrote about.
Meets Goal

You used the literary element flashback correctly in the introduction of your personal narrative.
Exceeds Goal

You met goals for a score of 3 and went above and beyond expectations!
Reactions and Showing Language
4 pts

You included dialogue and actions that you or other people did in your personal narrative.
Far Below Basic

Your personal narrative does not include any dialogue and actions from you or any other people in your personal narrative to give the reader more details.
Approaching Goal

Your personal narrative shows partial dialogue or action that you or any other people did in your personal narrative.
Meets Goal

You included dialogue and actions from you or any other people in your personal narrative to give the reader more details.
Exceeds Goal

You met goals for a score of 3 and went above and beyond expectations!
Reflection
4 pts

Conclude your personal narrative with a reflection on what you learned from this experience.
Far Below Basic

Your personal narrative does not contain a reflection telling your reader what you learned from this experience.
Approaching Goal

Your personal narrative contains a reflection that is unclear to your reader about what you learned from this experience.
Meets Goal

Your personal narrative contains a reflection telling your reader what you learned from this experience.
Exceeds Goal

You met goals for a score of 3 and went above and beyond expectations!
Format
  Far Below Basic

1 pts

Approaching Goal

2 pts

Meets Goal

3 pts

Exceeds Goal

4 pts

Format
4 pts

Your personal narrative is a 5 paragraph essay with an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
Far Below Basic

Your personal essay does not contain 5 complete paragraphs consisting of an introduction, 3 body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
Approaching Goal

Your personal narrative is incomplete. Paragraphs are missing or incomplete.
Meets Goal

Your personal essay contains 5 complete paragraphs consisting of an introduction, 3 body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
Exceeds Goal

You met goals for a score of 3 and went above and beyond expectations!
Mechanics
4 pts

Your personal essay has proper sentence structure. Your essay contains complete sentences with correct capitalization and punctuation
Far Below Basic

Your personal essay does not have proper sentence structure. It contains sentence fragments and incorrect capitalization and punctuation.
Approaching Goal

Your personal essay contains inconsistent sentence structure. Your essay contains sentences fragments or incorrect capitalization and punctuation.
Meets Goal

Your personal narrative has proper sentence structure. All of your sentences are complete sentences and each sentence has the correct capitalization and punctuation.
Exceeds Goal

You met goals for a score of 3 and went above and beyond expectations!



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