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Personal Narrative Essay rubric Rubric Code: S249239 By tylerwood Draft Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Assessment Grade Levels: 6-8


	Poor 2.5 pts	Fair 2.5 pts	Good 2.5 pts	Excellent 2.5 pts
Message	Poor The essay doesn't share a specific message	Fair The essay shares a vague and general message	Good The essay does share a message, but the message still lacks clarity and/or specificity	Excellent There is a very specific and clear message shared by the essay
Organization	Poor There is no organization to the essay	Fair The essay has paragraphs but not five paragraphs that feature 6-8 sentences	Good The essay has five paragraphs, but not every paragraph features 6-8 sentences	Excellent The essay has five paragraphs. Each paragraph is 6-8 sentences in length.
Paragraph structure	Poor There is no structure to the paragraphs; the writer does not focus on a specific aspect of the story being told.	Fair There is some structure to the paragraphs.Some paragraphs focus on a specific aspect of the story being told.	Good Most paragraphs have structure. Most paragraphs work together to describe specific aspects of the story being told.	Excellent All paragraphs focus specifically on one aspect of the story being told; the paragraphs work together to tell a story in such a way that they teach a message or lesson.
Sentence flow	Poor There is no sentence flow	Fair Sentence flow occurs occasionally in the paragraphs.	Good Most paragraphs display good sentence flow.	Excellent All paragraphs display an excellent grasp of sentence flow.
Showing versus telling	Poor The essay only tells-- the essay uses telling adjectives and descriptions that tell the reader the story instead of showing the reader.	Fair The essay begins to show the reader the story instead of telling the reader, but the essay still predominately uses telling adjectives and descriptions.	Good The essay mostly shows the story instead of telling it, but some telling adjectives and descriptions exist.	Excellent The essay only shows the story instead of telling it-- no telling adjectives are used, only sense description.
Use of narrative literary devices	Poor The essay does not use any narrative literary devices	Fair The essay uses 1-2 narrative literary devices.	Good The essay uses 3-4 narrative literary devices	Excellent The essay uses 5 or more narrative literary devices.
Word Choice	Poor The essay uses multiple words incorrectly or features inappropriate language. The same words are used repeatedly; there is no variety in word choice.	Fair The essay uses a couple of words incorrectly or occasionally displays inappropriate language. The same words are used repeatedly; there is no variety in word choice.	Good The essay doesn't use words incorrectly and features appropriate language; however, some words are used repeatedly and there is some variety in word choice-.	Excellent The essay doesn't use words incorrectly and features appropriate language; words are not used repeatedly and there is variety in word choice-.
Writing clarity	Poor The writing of the essay is unclear; the paper contains multiple fragments, run-on sentences, and confusing sentence structure.	Fair The writing of the essay is mostly unclear. While the writing can be understood, multiple fragments, run-on sentences, and confusing sentence structure still hinder meaning.	Good The writing of the essay is clear, but there are still occasional problems with multiple fragments, run-on sentences, and confusing sentence structure.	Excellent The writing in the essay conveys a clear meaning. There are no errors like multiple fragments, run-on sentences, and confusing sentence structure.
Grammar/Spelling/Punctuation	Poor There are numerous spelling, punctuation, and grammar mistakes in the essay	Fair There are many spelling, punctuation, and grammar mistakes.	Good There are few spelling, punctuation, and grammar mistakes	Excellent There are no grammar, spelling, or punctuation mistakes.
Overall impression	Poor The overall impression of the essay is that little to no effort was put into the writing; none of the conventions of narrative writing were followed. If feedback was given, the writer did not use the feedback to improve the essay.	Fair The overall impression of the essay is that some effort was put into the writing; while some of the conventions of narrative writing were followed, they were only occasionally used. If feedback was given, the writer occasionally used the feedback to improve the essay.	Good The overall impression of the essay is that a good deal of effort was put into the writing; many of the conventions of narrative writing were followed. If feedback was given, the writer mostly used the feedback to improve the essay.	Excellent The overall impression of the essay is that a great deal of effort was put into the writing; all of the conventions of narrative writing were followed. If feedback was given, the writer always used the feedback to improve the essay.

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