Timeline of Key

Events

RAFT Letter

Writing Prompt
Personal Narrative

Critical Author
Information Research

Bestselling Plot and

4
High-quality
research, all key
events are identified
and placed in correct
order, includes a
thoughtful title
Displays high-level
understanding of
role, audience,
format and topic.
Includes correct
punctuation and
capitalization.
Displays high-level
understanding of
writing personal
narrative. Includes
high quality
introduction, body
with clearly defined
obstacle and clear
steps to overcome it
and conclusion. Uses
high quality complete
sentences, correct
punctuation and
capitalization.
High-quality
research, answers all
questions, builds
strong picture of
author's personal life
and professional
career.
Highly creative cover

3
Quality research,
most key events are
identified and placed
in correct order,
includes a good title.

2
Decent research,
some key events are
identified and placed
in correct order,
includes a basic title.

1
Poor research, no key
events are identified
correctly and put into
correct order,
includes no title.

Displays an average
understanding of
role, audience,
format and topic.
Includes most correct
punctuation and
capitalization.
Displays an average
understanding of
writing personal
narrative. Includes
quality introduction,
body with clearly
defined obstacle and
clear steps to
overcome it and
conclusion. Uses
complete sentences,
correct punctuation
and capitalization.

Displays some
understanding of
role, audience,
format and topic.
Includes few correct
punctuation and
capitalization.
Displays some
understanding of
writing personal
narrative. Includes
pieces of an
introduction, some
body with obstacle
defined and some
steps to overcome it
and conclusion. Uses
some complete
sentences, correct
punctuation and
capitalization.
Decent research,
answers most
questions, shows
some understanding
of author's life and
professional career

Displays no
understanding of
role, audience,
format and topic.
Does not include
correct punctuation
and capitalization.
Displays a lack of
understanding of
writing personal
narrative. Includes no
introduction, body or
conclusion. Does not
use complete
sentences, correct
punctuation and
capitalization.

Quality research,
answers all
questions, builds
fairly clear picture of
author's personal life
and professional
career.
Creative cover art,

Passable cover art,

Poor research,
answers few
questions, shows
little or no
understanding of the
author's life and
professional career
Cover art is

Cover Art

art, displays highlevel understanding

of author's writing
style, well-developed
plot, setting and
characters.

displays
understanding of
author's writing style,
reasonably welldeveloped plot,
setting and
characters

displays little
understanding of
author's writing style,
plot, settings and
characters are not
well developed.

incomplete, displays
a lack of
understanding of the
author's writing style,
little or no
development of
characters, setting
and plot.