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Assessment Rubric: Narratives
Rate your narrative from 1 (incomplete) to 6 (amazing) for each trait below. Add the scores together and divide by the number of traits (6) to find your overall score.
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| STIMULATING IDEAS |
| The narrative . . . - focuses on an important experience in your life.
- uses sensory details, dialogue, and action to help the reader experience the event.
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| LOGICAL ORGANIZATION |
| The narrative . . . - catches the reader’s attention at the beginning and introduces the experience—who, what, where, when?
- describes what happened chronologically.
- ends by reflecting on the meaning of the experience.
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| ENGAGING VOICE |
| The narrative . . . - uses a first-person voice.
- has a storytelling voice that connects to the reader.
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| ORIGINAL WORD CHOICE |
| The narrative . . . - uses action verbs and precise nouns.
- uses descriptive modifiers.
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| EFFECTIVE SENTENCE STYLE |
| The narrative . . . - varies sentence types, lengths, and beginnings.
- reads smoothly from sentence to sentence.
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| CORRECT, ACCURATE COPY |
| The narrative . . . - has correct punctuation, capitalization, grammar, usage, and spelling.
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