Personal Narrative Checklist
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Print out or hand write the final copy BEFORE
class
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Double space – always
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Blue or black ink – only
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EASY to read font in size 12 or 14
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Make sure your title is a TITLE, not the name of
the assignment (e.g. Personal Narrative)
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Go over EVERY part of the RUBRIC (if you lost
it, get it off my blog)
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If you chose to do the extra credit, be sure it
ADDS VALUE to the story and has a caption.
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Put it in the correct order (on rubric) with one
staple
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Did you get rid of any repetition or unnecessary
information? (e.g. I woke up and got dressed…)
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Make sure you have paragraphs – anytime there is
a shift – notes in composition book.
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Imagery? (can we see, smell, taste, touch, hear
the action?) Show, don’t tell
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Labeled literary device or meaningful dialogue?
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Double check for word crimes, spelling and
punctuation errors.
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Did you revamp your sentences so they don’t all
start the same? so they aren’t full of
be verbs? so they have vivid, descriptive words?
Name___________________________ Period_________Date__________________
Personal Narrative
Rubric
VERY evident
4
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MOSTLY evident
3
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SOMEWHAT evident
2
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NOT evident
1
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Organization
(30 pts)
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10
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8
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5
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0
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10
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8
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5
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0
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10
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8
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5
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0
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Development
of Ideas (30 pts)
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Specific details (sensory images), details add to meaning
(“so what”)
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10
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8
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5
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0
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10
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8
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5
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0
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10
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8
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5
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0
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Conventions
(30 pts)
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10
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8
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5
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0
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10
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8
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5
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0
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10
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8
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5
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0
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Attention to
Directions (10 pts)
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Rubric with name and date
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Final Draft
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Draft(s)
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“Snap Shot” paper
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ONE staple
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5
(all present)
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3
(1 item missing)
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2
(2 items missing)
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0
(3 or more items
missing)
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5
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0
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- Bonus: visual that enhances
the story; 5 0
The
visual must have a caption explaining its significance.
TOTAL GRADE:
Comments:
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