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narrative paragraph (personal narrative) narrative paragraph (personal narrative) paragraph telling about an experience you had during this school year that you really enjoyed Rubric Code: X77X5C By susanview Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

narrative paragraph Tell about a fun or exciting thing that happened to you or a member of your family
	4 pts	3 pts	2 pts	1 pts
Topic sentence The prompt is restated in a topic sentence (main idea).	4 Well-developed with a topic and controlling idea. It is a clear statement of the paragraph's content.	3 Fairly well-developed and gives some clarity of the of the paragraph's content.	2 The topic sentence gives little evidence of a relevant topic connecting to the other sentences in the paragraph.	1 The topic sentence is unclear, or there is no topic sentence at all.
Supporting details Each detail sentence supports or tells more about the topic.	4 Each detail supports, or tells more about the topic and has follow up sentences which provide additional support.	3 Each detail supports the main idea, but there are not enough supporting details.	2 Some of the details support the main idea, but there are some that do not.	1 The details do not support the main idea.
Organization/Structure Sentences are well-written and complete thoughts.	4 The supporting sentences are in a clear, organized order.	3 Most of the details are in a clear, organized order.	2 The details are in a somewhat clear, organized order.	1 There is no clear order. Writing is confusing and hard to follow.
Grammar The paper shows that the writer has control of the rules of spelling, grammar and mechanics,	4 There are 1-2 grammar errors.	3 There are 3-4 grammar errors.	2 There are 4-5 grammar errors.	1 There are 7 or more grammar errors.
Punctuation/Spelling	4 There are 1-2 punctuation and/or spelling errors.	3 There are 3-4 punctuation and/or spelling errors.	2 There are 5-6 punctuation and/or spelling errors.	1 There are 7 or more punctuation and/or spelling errors.
Concluding sentence The conclusion sentence restates the topic in a new way and ties the details together.	4 The conclusion does an excellent job of restating the topic sentence and tieing the details together.	3 The conclusion restates the topic sentence, but it does not tie the details together.	2 There is an attempt at a conclusion sentence, but it doesn't restate the topic sentence or tie the details together.	1 There is no conclusion. The paragraph just ends without summing up or restating the topic sentence or tieing the details together.