Student Name Points Grade

Narrative Rubric
Write a narrative based on your personal life that is 500 – 700 words long.
It can be a fictional or autobiographical.

Your narrative needs to have -

• Well-developed characters, setting and plot
• Figurative language
• Dialogue
• Consistent point of view – either first or third person point of view

4 3 2 1
Narrative has a The writing does
Narrative may lack
clear beginning, Narrative has a not have a
a clear beginning,
conflict, rising beginning, conflict, beginning,
conflict, rising
action, climax and rising action, conflict, rising
Organizati resolution. climax and
action, climax and
resolution.
action, climax or
on It ends with the
resolution. It ends
with a personal
It has a personal
resolution.
It lacks any
comment or
writer’s feelings or comment or personal
thought, but needs
thoughts about the reflection. comment or
more explanation.
experience. reflection.
The narrative is
The narrative has a The narrative
interesting and has
clear point. contains very little The order of
a clear point.
details about the events may be
The narrative characters or confusing and the
Narrative contains
Elements specific details
contains some setting. narrative may
details about the lack essential
of about the
characters, setting The order of details.
characters, setting
Narrative and action.
and action. events may be
confusing.
The writer usually The point of view
The author
uses one point of The point of view keeps shifting.
consistently uses a
view. may shift.
point of view.
There are some There are several Numerous errors
There are few or no
Grammar, errors in mechanics,
errors in
mechanics, usage,
errors in
mechanics, usage,
in mechanics,
usage, grammar
usage, grammar, or
Usage, spelling.
grammar, or grammar, or or spelling
spelling. spelling. interfere with
Mechanics meaning. Word
Narrative shows
, and that student
There may be Word choice or choice or spelling
some minor spelling may may interfere
Spelling successfully revised
for errors.
punctuation errors. hinder easy with
comprehension. comprehension.
Author uses Author uses
Figurative Author uses figurative figurative
Author does not
figurative language language (simile, language (simile,
Language (simile, metaphor, metaphor, metaphor,
use figurative
language or
personification) and personification) personification)
and dialogue throughout and dialogue in and dialogue in
dialogue in the
narrative.
Dialogue the entire narrative. some parts of the very few parts of
narrative. the narrative.