Name:__________________________Date:________Period:______________Teacher:Magnussen

PersonalNarrative5ParagraphEssay
GradingRubric: ATimeILearnedaBigLesson

0pts

1pts

2pts

3pts

Structure

Madenoattemptto
dividetheessayinto
sections

Dividedtheessay
intosections

Dividedtheessay
intoindented
paragraphs

Clearlydividedthe
essayinto5
indentedparagraphs
withnoskippedlines
orextramarkings

Grammar

10+grammar/
spellingerrors,or
grammarerrors
havemadethe
messagevery
confusing

79grammar/
spellingerrors,or
grammarerrors
haveaffectedthe
writersideas

46
grammar/spelling
errors,ortheerrors
havenotaffected
thewritersideas

03grammar/
spellingerrors

Decription

Veryfewdetails
wereincludedinthe
essay

Introduction

Nobackgroundor
hookisprovided

Atleastone
Atleasttwo
exampleofsensory examplesofsensory
descriptionwere
(5senses)
usedintheessay,
descriptionwere
andatleast2details usedintheessay,
wereincludedin
andatleast2details
eachbody
wereincludedin
paragraph
eachbody
paragraph
Backgroundora
hookisprovided

Background
(describesomeof
thesetting[where
andwhen]and
characters)anda
hookareincluded

Atleastone
exampleofsensory
(5sense)
descriptionusedin
eachparagraph,
and3detailswere
includedineach
bodyparagraph

Sequence

Theorderofevents Theorderofevents
Eachparagraph
Eachparagraph
isveryconfusing,or isnotclear,or2or
providesmore
providesmore
notransitionwords lesstransitionwords detailsofthestoryin detailsofthestoryin
wereused
wereused
order,andatleast3 order,andatleast5
transitionwordsare transitionwordsare
usedtohelpthe
usedtohelpthe
narrativeprogress
narrativeprogress

Conclusion

Thefinalparagraph
wasnotusedto
bringclosuretothe
essay

Theconcluding
paragraph
summarizesthe
lessonthatwas
learned

Theconcluding
Theconcluding
paragraph
paragraph
summarizesthe
summarizesthe
narrativeeventsand narrativeeventsand
thelessonthatwas thelessonthatwas
learned
learned(using
transitionwords)