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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: A89AW8 By AKeppel Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

Personal Narrative
	Model I could use this as an example to others. 4 pts	Average This is what I expect to get from students 3 pts	Needs Work Not quite what I was hoping for 2 pts	Needs Helps You missed this and should see me for help 1 pts	No Evidence Not present in narrative 0 pts
Narration The writer is telling the story from start to finish	Model The writer used the pronoun I to tell the story. All events are in order.	Average The writer told the story from their point of view but did not always use I. Most events are in order.	Needs Work It is unclear who is speaking as the writer slips into another point of view. The events are out of order.	Needs Helps Story is not from the writer's point of view. There are no clear events	No Evidence
Opening Paragraph Hooks reader and introduces story	Model Has a great attention grabber (hook) and gives adequate background information to set up story	Average Has a good attention grabber (hook) and gives adequate background information to set up story	Needs Work Has either a weak hook or gives little background information to set up story	Needs Helps No hook or background information	No Evidence
Dialogue A conversation is used to move the story along and add to it	Model The dialogue is used to reveal insight into the characters. It is clear who is speaking and characters act and react during conversation	Average Dialogue is evident and it is clear who is speaking.	Needs Work The dialogue is weak and sketchy.	Needs Helps No conversation takes place since there is only one piece of dialogue	No Evidence
Conclusion Experience should have meaning	Model The conclusion is developed. The lesson learned and significance of the experience clearly stated	Average The conclusion is stated; It shows the lesson learned	Needs Work There is a conclusion, but it does not state the lesson learned	Needs Helps There was no lesson learned stated in the conclusion	No Evidence
Conventions Spelling, punctuating dialogue, and basic sentence formatting.	Model On average, writer makes no more than one mistake per page	Average On average, writer makes no more than two mistakes per page	Needs Work On average, writer makes no more than three mistakes per page	Needs Helps On average, writer makes more than three mistakes per page	No Evidence