Name:________________________Bl.

__________
PersonalNarrative
1
st
Quarter

HANDWRITTENduedate=October3rd
TYPEDROUGHDRAFTduedate=October8th
FINALCOPYduedate=October10th(atendofclass)

ICanStatements:
Icanwriteanarrativebasedonrealexperiencesoreventsusingeffectivetechnique,relevant
descriptivedetails,andwellorganizedevents.(W.6.3)
Icanexplainthesituationandintroducethenarratororcharactersatthebeginningofmynarrative.
Icanorganizetheeventsinanaturalorder.
Icanusedialogue,pacing,anddescriptionstodevelopexperiencesandeventsandtoshowhow
charactersrespondtowhathappenstothem.
Icanusetransitionstoshowtheorderofeventsinmywriting.
Icanusesensorydetailstoaccuratelydescribewhathappens.
Icanwriteanendingthatbringsmynarrativetoalogicalclose.
Icanusecorrectcapitalization,punctuation,andspellingwhenwriting.(L.6.2)
Directions:Writeapersonalnarrativeaboutatimeyouachievedagoalthatwasimportanttoyou,a
hardlessonyoulearnedasachild,oratimeyoudidsomethingeventhoughyouwereafraid.
Youneed:
ATLEASTthree(3)paragraphs
ATLEASTfour(4)sentencesineachparagraph
Sensorydetailsthroughout(see,smell,taste,touch,hear)toshow,nottell
Dialoguethroughoutthatsoundsnatural
o Changeparagraphseachtimethespeakerchanges

Requirements:
Beginning:Indentanduseanattentiongettertocreateamemorableintroduction.Make
youraudiencewanttokeepreadingyourstory.Introducethecharacters,setting,andproblem.
Body:Indenteachparagraphanddescribetheeventsinalogicalorder.Includethe
initiatingevent,risingaction,andclimax.
Ending:Indentandconcludeyourstorywithanendingthatdrawsyourstorytoaclose.
Includethefallingaction,resolution,andtheme.

FINALCOPYwillbedoneonthecomputer.Followthesedirections:

Title:Topcentergiveyournarrativeaninterestingtitle
Heading:ToprightcornerName,Date,andLABlock
Body:Three(3)ormoreparagraphswithfour(4)ormoresentencesineachparagraph
Size12,DoubleSpaced,TimesNewRomanFont,12pages(printedtwosided)

PersonalNarrativeRubric

Name:________________________Bl.__________
SECURE
Excellentwork!

5pts.
NEARLYSECURE
GoodJob!

4pts.
DEVELOPING
Revise

3pts.
BEGINNING
Revise

2pts.
Thebeginninghas
anattentiongetter
andintroducesthe
setting,characters,
andproblem.
Allofthefollowingare
presentandaccurate:
attentiongetter,
setting,characters,
andproblem.
Allarepresent,but
theconnectionis
missingbetweenthe
elements:attention
getter,setting,
characters,problem
Oneortwoofthe
followingaremissing:
attentiongetter,
setting,characters,
problem.
Threeofthefollowing
aremissing:
attentiongetter,
setting,characters,
problem.
Thebodyhasthe
mainevents
presentedina
logicalorder.
Alleventsare
importantandareina
logicalorder.
Theeventsare
presentedinalogical
order,butnotallare
importantorimportant
eventsaremissing.
Theeventsarenot
presentedinalogical
order.Notallare
importantand/or
importanteventsare
missing.
Theeventsare
missing.
Theendingstates
howtheevents
turnedoutorhow
thecharacterfeltby
includingthefalling
action,resolution,
andtheme.
Allofthefollowingare
presentandlogical:
fallingaction,
resolution,and
theme.
Thefollowingare
presentbutarenot
necessarilyall
logicallyfalling
action,resolution,
theme.
Thestudentis
missingoneormore
ofthefollowing:
fallingaction,
resolution,theme.
Thestudentis
missingtwoormore
ofthefollowing:
fallingaction,
resolution,theme.
SensoryDetails
(see,smell,hear,
taste,touch)
Sensorydetailsare
usedthroughoutthe
narrativetoshow,not
tell
Sensorydetailsare
usedthroughoutthe
narrativebutaretold,
notshown.
Onlyafewsensory
detailsareused.
Nosensorydetails
areused.
Dialogue Dialogueisused
correctlythroughout
thenarrativeand
soundsnatural(likea
realconversation).
Dialogueisused
correctlythroughout
thenarrative,butit
doesnotsound
natural(likeareal
conversation).
Dialogueisnotused
correctlythroughout
thenarrativeoritdoes
notsoundnatural.
Dialogueisnotused.
Presentation:
Grammar,
punctuation,
spelling,etc.
Superjobediting!
Capitalization,
punctuation,and
spellingare
gradelevel
appropriate.Thereare
nofragmentsor
runonsentences.All
paragraphare
indented.
Onlyacoupleerrors
havebeenmade.
Thereareseveral
errorsthatyoushould
havefound.
Therearetoomany
errorsherethat
distractthereader.
SentenceStructure Avarietyofsentence
typesandlengthsare
used.Allsentences
flowwell.
Sentencesflowwell,
butthereislittle
varietyinthetypes
andlengthsof
sentencesused.
Somesentences
soundchoppy.There
isverylittlevarietyin
thetypesandlengths
ofsentencesused.
Thereisnovarietyin
sentencetypenor
length.Sentences
soundchoppy.
PointsEarned:_____pointsoutofapossible35points=_____%

Revisionrequired:_____Yesor_____No