Personal Narrative/ Descriptive Writing Rubric
Personal Narrative/ Descriptive Writing Rubric
| |Advanced—4 |Proficient—3 |Needs Improvement—2 |Not Yet—1 |
|Content | | | | |
|Lead |Strong lead makes the reader want to find |Good lead but could be altered though the |Lead is unremarkable and needs some work |Lead is unimaginative or too obvious and needs|
| |out more |reader still wants to continue | |to be rewritten |
|Idea Development |Length of paper is appropriate and flows |A few instances of clutter and/or not enough |Good ideas but at times overshadowed by too much |Paper is far too long/short and loses focus or|
| |smoothly from one idea to the next |elaboration, but for the most part flows |and/or too simplistic writing making paper seem |is boring because of overwriting and or no |
| | |evenly |choppy |elaboration |
|Organization |Paper has excellent structure and is well |Paper has structure and organization though |Paper has some structure evident but at times is |Paper’s structure is greatly lacking, |
| |organized |lacks unity because of occasional confusing |hard to follow or is not well organized |interfering with reader’s ability to |
| | |details | |understand piece |
|Voice |Author’s voice is clearly evident and piece|Author’s voice and personality is evident and|Author’s voice is developing and shows some |Author’s voice is not evident and the entire |
| |is thoughtful and well-written in a |effort was clearly put into the piece making |effort but at times the piece needs more work |story needs more work |
| |sophisticated and unique style |piece enjoyable to read | | |
|Word Choice |Paper uses rich and sophisticated word |Paper uses good word choice and some varied |Paper has simplistic word choice and some words |Paper has too simplistic word choice and is |
| |choice and varied language throughout |wording |are at times repetitive |far too repetitive |
|Sensory Details |Paper is rich in sensory details and shows |Paper has some strong sensory details making |Paper has too few sensory details or far too many|Paper is lacking in sensory details and tells |
| |rather than tells creating a vivid picture |it enjoyable to read but there may be too few|so the piece mainly tells rather than shows or |rather than shows using empty words and too |
| |without overloading the reader |or not enough details, at times telling |use clichés causing reader to lose interest |many clichés |
| | |rather than showing | | |
|Closing |The final sentences clinch the piece well |The ending is good but does not fully clinch |The ending is too simple—it doesn’t fit the flow |There is no real ending leaving the reader |
| |leaving the reader completely satisfied |the paper, leaving the reader wanting more |of the story or contains weak language leaving |unsatisfied |
| | | |the reader confused | |
| |Advanced—4 |Proficient—3 |Needs Improvement—2 |Not Yet—1 |
|Mechanics | | | | |
|Format |Paper has a proper heading and centered |Has most of the proper formatting but wrong |Missing most aspects of formatting but not all. |No regard for format. |
| |title, typed @ 12 point font, double spaced|font, or spacing, etc. | | |
| |with proper margins. | | | |
|Sentence Structure |Paper is well written using a variety of |Papers has a few sentence errors and/or is |Paper is beginning to be difficult to understand |Paper is difficult to read because of too |
| |simple and complex sentence structures |lacking in variety or complexity |as there are many poorly constructed sentences or|simplistic sentence structure and/or many |
| |creating a smooth rhythm to the piece | |fragments |fragments |
|Paragraph Placement |Strong paragraph placement throughout paper|Paragraphs are generally appropriate |Paragraphs are only somewhat evident throughout |Paragraph placement is almost entirely or |
| | |throughout though at times are too long |paper |lacking all together |
| | |and/or short | | |
|Conventions—spelling, punctuation, |Paper is proofread well with only 1 or 2 |Paper has between 3 to 5 errors |Paper has between 6 to 8 errors as proofreading |Paper has more than 9 errors and shows little |
|grammar, and capitalization |errors | |was not done well |to no evidence of proofreading |
|Verb Tense |Verb tense remains consistent throughout |Verb tense is mainly consistent, though |Verb tenses are inconsistent throughout, |Verb tenses are so inconsistent, paper is |
| | |sometimes moves from past to present |affecting reader’s understanding of paper |difficult to understand |
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