Monday, September 24, 2012

Narrative Essay Rubric


The Story – 5 points
The writer has chosen a story that allows his or her personality to come through.
·      The story is clearly significant and shaped the writer’s attitude, personality or worldview in some way. (1 point)
·      The story feels like it belongs to this writer and not as if just anyone could have written it. (2 points)
The story leaves the reader with a moral take-away or lesson – it instructs is some way.
·      The reader understands why she has taken the time to read the essay. (1 point)
·      The story uses a specific example to illustrate a general principle or truth. (1 point)

Narrative Elements – 5 points
The writer balances dialogue, narration, and physical description to maximize the story’s potential.
·      The dialogue sounds realistic, specific and natural. (1 point)
·      The narration isn’t so straightforward as to make the read feel like she’s being hammered over the head with the point nor so ambiguous that the writer’s thoughts/feelings are unclear. (2 points)
·      The physical descriptions are not only clear and vivid, but necessary to the story’s sense of place and character. (2 points)


Structure – 5 points
The structure of the story makes it more dramatic and interesting.
·      The writer has chosen an organizational structure (either chronological time or psychological time) that makes sense for this story. (1 point)

The writer has chosen a start, middle and end that feels right for the story.
·      The orientation, complication and resolution are present. (3 points)
·      All the information needed to understand the logistics of the story are provided – nothing unnecessary is included. (1 point)


Total Points Possible: 15

Copy and paste this template as a comment on your partner’s blog post. Include your comments for each section on the rubric.

The Story: ___ out of 5
Comments: List one thing you think the writer did well and AT LEAST one thing that needs improvement. Explain anything else that you noticed in giving your score.

Narrative Elements: ___ out of 5
Comments: List one thing you think the writer did well and AT LEAST one thing that needs improvement. Explain anything else that you noticed in giving your score.

Structure: ___ out of 5
Comments: List one thing you think the writer did well and AT LEAST one thing that needs improvement. Explain anything else that you noticed in giving your score.

My favorite thing about this story was ….

The detail that stuck out to me most was ….

This story could be made more exciting and memorable if you ….

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