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Personal Narrative 
Personal Narrative/Autobiographical Narrative
Write a Personal Narrative Essay about setting and achieving a goal. Personal Narrative must include an introduction and conclusion/reflection, and describe the event in sequential order. Include sensory details.
Rubric Code: P2438W3
By mrpickett88
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: K-5

Powered by iRubric Personal Narrative
  Below Expectations

1 pts

Slightly below expectations

30 pts

Meets Expectations

60 pts

Genre
60 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.
Below Expectations

Student did not write about an important event in your life and did not use first person point of view.
Slightly below expectations

Writing is are missing either an important part of the life event or did not write in first person point of view (I, me, we, us).
Meets Expectations

Personal narrative is about an important event and written in first person using I, me, we, or us.
Elements
  Below Expectations

1 pts

Slightly Below

3 pts

Meets Expecations

5 pts

Introduction
5 pts

Personal narrative includes a hook that grabs the reader's attention. Introduction introduces the goal/problem and introduces the narrator.
Below Expectations

Does not include a hook. Does not introduce the goal or problem. Does not introduce the reader to the narrator.
Slightly Below

Missing either a hook, introduction to the goal, or the narrator.
Meets Expecations

Personal narrative includes a hook that grabs the reader's attention. Introduction introduces the goal/problem and introduces the narrator.
Chronological Order
5 pts

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

Personal narrative is not in chronological order (what happened first, second, third, and last)
Slightly Below

Personal narrative is incomplete. Used chronological order inconsistently in essay.
Meets Expecations

Personal narrative is in chronological order telling what happened first, second, third, and last.
Actions
5 pts

Essay included dialogue and actions that you or other people did in your personal narrative.
Below Expectations

Personal narrative does not include any dialogue and actions to give the reader more details.
Slightly Below

Personal narrative has a little bit of partial dialogue or action.
Meets Expecations

Included several examples of dialogue and actions to give the reader more details.
Sensory details
5 pts

Sensory details are included in the personal narrative (sounds, sights, smells, texture, tastes)
Below Expectations

No sensory details were used.
Slightly Below

1 Sensory detail was used.
Meets Expecations

More than one sensory detail was used
Reflection
5 pts

Personal narrative with a reflection on what you learned from this experience.
Below Expectations

Personal narrative does not contain a reflection telling the reader what you learned from this experience.
Slightly Below

Personal narrative contains a reflection that is unclear about what you learned from this experience.
Meets Expecations

Personal narrative contains a clear reflection telling the reader what you learned from this experience.
Format
  Below Expectations

1 pts

Slightly Below

7 pts

Meets Expectations

15 pts

Punctuation/Grammar/Spelling
15 pts

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

Essay contains sentence fragments and mostly incorrect capitalization, punctuation.
Slightly Below

Essay contains some sentence fragments or incorrect capitalization, punctuation and spelling errors.
Meets Expectations

All/almost all sentences are complete sentences and each sentence has the correct capitalization and punctuation and grammar



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