Biographical Narrative Rubric

Student Name: ________________________________________

Advanced Proficient Needs

Not Yet
CATEGORY 4 3 Improvement
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•Writer knows topic • Early Life, •Early Life, •Early Life, Significant
really well Significant Events, Significant Events, Events, Contributions, and
• Early Life, Contributions, and Contributions, and Character Traits are
Significant Events, Character Traits are Character Traits are missing.
Contributions, and included. either incomplete or •Writer doesn't know topic
Ideas Character Traits are •Writer knows the insufficient •More information on the
all included. topic. •Writer doesn’t know person is required.
•Many interesting •Most details are enough about the •Ideas missing or don't
details relevant and well topic •Needs more make sense
developed. details
•Carefully organized •Writer uses some •Few transitions used. • Sentences do not
with varied transitions transitions. •Some details are out transition well.
•Details & paragraphs •Most details & of order. •Several details are out of
Organization are in right order
•Bibliography/Works
paragraphs are in right •Bibliography/Works
order. Cited is incomplete.
order
•Bibliography/Works
Cited is included •Bibliography/Works Cited is missing.
Cited is included.
•Paper is properly •Paper is formatted. •Paper is slightly •Paper is not formatted.
formatted. •Requires minor formatted.
•Format matches editing. •Requires editing.
Presentation required guidelines.

•Writer's personality •Most of the time the •Sometimes the •Writer's voice does not
is well developed and writer's voice & writer's voice comes come through in writing.
comes through in a personality show up in through. •Writing •The writer needs to be
Voice creative way the writing. does not draw the aware of their audience.
reader in.

•Writers use a variety •Writing has some •Writing requires •Reader is confused by the
of strong words. strong words. word variety. writer's choice of words.
Word •Words create vivid •Some words create
pictures in reader's pictures in the reader's
Choice mind. mind.

•Sentences are well •Sentences are easier •The paper has •Several sentence
structures and varied. to read and better sentence problems structures confuse the
Sentence •The paper transitions constructed. and sentence variety is reader and makes paper
well. •More sentence needed. difficult to read.
Fluency variety is required.

•Paper is proofread •The paper has some •Consistent errors in •Several grammatical
with minor to no errors. capitalization, mistakes make the paper
mistakes. •Proofreading is punctuation, spelling difficult to read &
Conventions •Writing is easy to
read
recommended. & grammar make the
writing confusing to
understand.
•Major editing is required.
read
•Editing is needed.