I need essay personal narrative paper

Personal/Narrative Essay Rubric *Note: Essays will not always fit a single grade's description completely.

FORMATTING:

• A: There are no errors at all. (20 pts)

• B: All needed elements; one minor error. (18 pts) • C: All needed elements; two minor errors. (16 pts)

• D: A missing element or several minor errors. (14 pts)

• F: A missing element and several minor errors. (10 pts)

• F: Missing elements and/or several minor errors. (2 pts)

OUTLINE/ORGANIZATION: • A: Required thesis and required topic sentences (TS) correctly placed. (20 pts)

• B: Required thesis/TS in required locations; one minor error. (18 pts) • C: Required thesis/TS in required locations; two minor errors. (16 pts)

• D: Required thesis used but improperly placed; one TS may not support thesis. (14 pts)

• F: Did not use required thesis; several TS may not support thesis. (10 pts) • F: No attempt to include outline, or clearly does not understand outline needs. (2 pts)

CONTENT: • A: Well-developed intro (upside down triangle, at least 4 sentences before thesis) that provides background

info, establishes CG, or introduces the topic. Conclusion has summary and call to action but does not introduce

new arguments. Assignment incorporates all parts of a classical argument. All appeals support the thesis.

• B: All elements present, but one may fail in its potential. (18 pts)

• C: All elements present, but one fails in its potential in multiple instances. (16 pts) • D: Missing element; multiple elements fail in their potential. (14 pts)

• F: Missing elements. (10 pts)

• F: Clearly does not understand classical argument or content needs. (2 pts)

DEVELOPMENT: • A: Student includes relevant and logical support that prove thesis. (20 pts)

• B: Student includes relevant and logical support but one paragraph is weak. (18 pts)

• C: Student includes relevant and logical support but two paragraphs are weak. (16 pts)

• D: Student includes support, but relevance or logic may be weak three paragraphs. (14 pts)

• F: Student mostly fails to include sufficient material to support claims. (10 pts)

• F: Student fails to provide sufficient, relevant, and logical support for claims. (2 pts)

GRAMMAR/MECHANICS & STYLE/TONE: • A: No errors pulled from properly set checker. No SS/AC errors; 5 or less WL/Punc errors. (20 pts)

• B: Up to 3 instances. No SS/AC errors; 10 or less WL/Punc errors. (18 pts) • C: Up to 5 instances; 1-2 SS/AC errors; 15 or less WL/Punc errors. (16 pts)

• D: Up to 7 instances; 3-5 SS/AC errors; 20 or less WL/Punc errors. (14 pts)

• F: No checker or find function OR more than 5 SS/AC errors, more than 20 WL/Punc errors. (10 pts)

• F: No checker or find function AND more than 5 SS/AC errors, more than 20 WL/Punc errors. (2 pts)

GRAMMAR/MECHANICS ABBREVIATION KEY:

• SS: Sentence structure errors (fragments, comma splices, run-ons, dangling or misplaced modifiers, etc.)

• AC: Awkward construction

• WL: Word level construction errors (spelling, word choice, capitalization, repeated word, etc.)

• Punc: Punctuation errors (missing or misplaced commas, missing punctuation, incorrect punctuation)