Language Arts 9—Mr.

Lucas—Personal Experience Writing Assignment

Please write at least three paragraphs on one of the following topics:

1) The most scared I’ve ever been was…

2) The most embarrassing moment I’ve ever experienced was when…
3) The happiest moment of my life was…
4) The best (or worst) moment with my family was when…
5) The best (or worst) moment with my friends was when…

Please provide significant descriptive detail in order to make the event feel as real as possible to the reader.

Evaluation:

Content—10 marks
 How effectively does the writer’s response address the assigned question?
 How thoughtful, detailed ample and precise are the writer’s descriptions of events?
 How unified, clear and coherent is the writing, including how well is the discussion concluded?

Conventions and Choice—5 marks

 How skilfully has the writer managed diction and syntax choices?
 How varied and interesting are the sentence constructions?
 How correctly has the writer used the conventions of written English—in particular, grammar, usage,
spelling and punctuation?