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Tall Tale Hero Essay Personal Hero Essay Students are to write a tribute to someone they see as a personal hero. Their hero should be someone who represents the American spirit. The three-paragraph essay should include some exaggerated qualities of the hero. Rubric Code: Z4X4A2 By klarison Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Assessment of the Narrative Essay
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Lacking 1 pts
INTRODUCTION	Excellent Well-developed introduction engages the reader and creates interest. Contains background information. Thesis clearly states or implies a significant and compelling position.	Good Introduction creates interest. Thesis clearly states the position.	Fair Introduction adequately explains the background, but may lack detail. Thesis states the position.	Lacking Background details are a random collection of information, unclear, or not related to the topic. Thesis is vague or unclear.
MAIN POINTS: body paragraphs	Excellent Well developed ideas are directly related to the topic. Supporting examples are concrete, detailed, and exaggerated.	Good Several ideas are related to the topic. The essay uses some supporting examples with exaggerations.	Fair Few ideas are related to the topic. The essay lacks the necessary exaggeration of a tall tale.	Lacking The essay seems to have no related ideas to the topic. The essay bares no resemblance to the style of a tall tale.
STYLE:sentence flow, variety	Excellent Writing is smooth, skillful, coherent. Sentences are strong and expressive with varied structure. Diction is consistent and words well chosen.	Good Writing is clear and sentences have varied structure. Diction is consistent.	Fair Writing is clear, but sentences may lack variety. Diction is appropriate.	Lacking Writing is confusing, hard to follow. Contains fragments and/or run-on sentences. Inappropriate diction.
CONCLUSION	Excellent Conclusion effectively wraps up and goes beyond restating the thesis.	Good Conclusion effectively summarizes topics.	Fair Conclusion is recognizable and ties up almost all loose ends.	Lacking Conclusion does not summarize main points.
MECHANICS	Excellent Punctuation, spelling, and capitalization are correct. Final draft is neatly written, unfolded, and uncrumpled.	Good Punctuation, spelling, and capitalization are generally correct, with few errors. Final draft is basically neat, unfolded, and uncrumpled.	Fair Several errors in punctuation, spelling, and/or capitalization. Lack of care is shown in the final draft.	Lacking Distracting errors in punctuation, spelling, and/or capitalization. Final draft is very messy, folded, and/or crumpled.