Briana McNeil Rubric Activity March 9, 2012 ELA6W2 The student demonstrates competence in a variety of genres.

The student produces a narrative (fictional, personal) that: a. Engages readers by establishing and developing a plot, setting, and point of view that are appropriate to the story (e.g., varied beginnings, standard plot line, cohesive devices). b. Creates an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context. c. Includes sensory details and concrete language to develop plot, setting, and character (e.g., vivid verbs, descriptive adjectives, and varied sentence structures). d. Uses a range of strategies (e.g., suspense, figurative language, dialogue, expanded vocabulary, movement, gestures, expressions). e. Excludes extraneous details and inconsistencies. f. Provides a sense of closure appropriate to the writing. Narrative Writing: My Inspiration Students will write a narrative paper about a person who inspires them or who they admire. The writing prompt is below. Think about a person who has been an important part of your life. How did you meet this person? Think about when you first met and what made you admire this person. Write a story about who this person is and why you admire them. Make sure to give enough details to the reader about why this person is important to you. Rubric: I adopted and used some of the information from a rubric from ReadWriteThink website.http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson116/Nar rativeRubric.pdf