Name: _____________________________________
Due Date: _____________
Personal Narrative
Your assignment is to write a personal narrative. Pick an event that you would like to write about.
You should be able to describe the sights, sounds, smells, feelings, and tastes that apply to your
event (sensory details). Make sure you have an introduction paragraph and a body that is organized
into chronological order. After describing the event you should write a short concluding paragraph
summing up your experience. In your conclusion include anything that you learned from this event
(what was the significance?), or something that was unexpected.
Grading will be as follows:
1 Classwork Grade
50 Points
Complete brainstorm that
includes details. (Brainstorm
includes your free-write and
“Writing a Personal Narrative”
worksheet.)
50 Points
Draft(s) is complete, revisions
have been made, and editing
has been done. (It should be
clear that you have made
improvements on your wording,
sentence structure, and
organization.)
1 Quiz Grade
Content
45 Points
Organization
20 Points
Word
Choice,
Details,
Descriptions
15 Points
Grammar
20 Points
40-25 Points
Brainstorm is incomplete or
lacking in details.
40-25 Points
Draft(s) is incomplete, or
necessary revisions and edits
have not been made.
0 Points
Brainstorm is missing.
0 Points
Draft(s) is missing.
(10) Introduction – Does the introduction sentence grab the readers’ attention?
Does the introduction paragraph introduce the topic of your essay?
(25) Body – Does the body of your essay clearly tell the story with the necessary
details to make it clear?
(10) Conclusion – Does your paragraph bring your essay to a satisfactory
conclusion?
Have you briefly restated the main event of your essay?
Have you included a lesson you learned from the event, or something that was
unexpected?
(10) Is your essay clear? Have you followed chronological order in the body of your
essay?
(10) Have you effectively used transition words and sentences to improve the flow
of your essay?
(5) Have you used specific words and included descriptive adjectives to make your
paper more interesting and detailed?
(10) Have you included descriptions that incorporate all, or most of the 5 senses
(hear, see, smell, taste, & feel)?
(10) Grammar mechanics – Have you used correct grammar? Is your paper
punctuated correctly? Do subjects and verbs agree? Have you used adjectives and
adverbs correctly?
(5) Sentence structure – Have you used a variety of sentence types, and structures?
(5) Spelling – Are all the words in your essay spelled correctly? Have you
capitalized proper nouns?
** Please print out 2 copies of your final draft. Turn in rubric with final draft.**