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Memoir: Memoir: Rubric Code: R8A22W By StAnnMYP Draft Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

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	Content (N/A)	Style (N/A)
9-10	Content Memoir demonstrates a perceptive understanding of the effects of the writer's choices on his/her audience. Student employs the features of a memoir (dialogue, characterization, imagery, and figurative language) in a sophisticated way that serves the communicate the theme of the piece.	Style Memoir narrates effectively while employing proper grammar and syntax, with no errors that confuse the reader, which utilizes a variety of sentence structures.
7-8	Content Memoir demonstrates quite a bit of understanding of the effects of the writer's choices on his/her audience. Student employs the features of a memoir (see above) in a way that serves to communicate the theme of the piece.	Style Memoir narrates the events effectively and uses a variety of sentence structures, though there may be some errors in spelling and grammar.
5-6	Content Memoir demonstrates some understanding of the effects of the writer's choices on her/her audience. Student attempts to employ the features of a memoir (see above) though it may not always serve to communicate the theme of the piece.	Style The events of the memoir are narrated effectively, though there could be a greater variety of sentence structure and/or there are several errors in spelling or grammar.
3-4	Content Memoir demonstrates little understanding of the effects of the writer's choices on his/her audience. Student makes some attempt to employ the features of a memoir (see above) though it generally does not serve to communicate the theme of the piece.	Style Though there is an attempt at narration, there are quite a few errors in spelling or grammar and/or sentence structure seems rudimentary.
1-2	Content Memoir demonstrates no understanding of the effects of the writer's choices on his/her audience. Student does not attempt to employ the features of a memoir.	Style There is little or no attempt has been made to narrate events as they happened, there are multiple grammar/spelling errors, and/or there is a lack of sentence variety present.
0	Content Work fails to achieve any of the descriptors above.	Style Work fails to achieve any of the descriptors above.