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Narrative Account/Memoir Narrative Account/Memoir Rubric Code: G34387 By lzwoods2 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

Memoir
	Poor (N/A)	Fair (N/A)	Good (N/A)	Excellent (N/A)
Engages the reader	Poor Poor attempt made to engage the reader by establishing a context, point of view,and otherwise engaging the readers interest.	Fair Somewhat engages the reader by establishing a context, creating a point of view and otherwise engaging the readers interest.	Good Engages the reader by establishing a context, point of view and otherwise developing readers interest.	Excellent Immediately engages the reader by establishing a context, point of view,and otherwise developing the readers interest
Creates an organized structure	Poor A poor attempt is made to establish a controlling idea through examples, facts and details in which there is a sense of order.	Fair A fair attempt is made to establish a controlling idea through examples, facts and details in which there is a sense of order.	Good Somewhat establishes a controlling idea through examples, facts and details in which there is a sense of order.	Excellent Establishes a clear controlling idea through examples, facts and details in which there is a sense of order.
Provides background information.	Poor No background information is provided.	Fair Minimal background information is provided.	Good Somewhat shows the author's feelings before the actual events took place	Excellent Clearly shows the author's thoughts and feelings before the actual event took place.
"Show" don't tell	Poor No attempt made to "show" the story; simply a description of events.	Fair A fair attempt is made to "show" the story.	Good Uses some writing techniques to "show" the story rather than telling it.	Excellent Clearly allows the reader to figure out the ideas of the story by using dialoque, descriptions etc.
Feelings	Poor A poor attempt made to describe the author's thoughts and feellings during the experience.	Fair Explains many details of the event without focusing enough on the author's fellings.	Good Somewhat focuses on the author's feelings during the experience rather than the event itself.	Excellent Focuses more on the author's feelings through the experience rather than the event itself.
Closure	Poor Lacking a sense of closure.	Fair somwhat provides a sense of closure.	Good Ends with a sense of closure.	Excellent Ends with a clear, satisfying sense of closure;
Conventions	Poor Text errors impede reader's understanding.	Fair Text contains errors that may impede reader's underatnding.	Good Text is relatively free of errors in sentense structure, punctuation, grammar and spelling.	Excellent Text is free of errors in sentense structure, punctuation, grammar and spelling.