Narrative Rubric
Your assignment includes all of the required parts of the writing process (prewriting worksheet, first draft, revised version, and edited version) and demonstrates an excellent understanding of thematic writing.
Your assignment includes all of the required parts, but some may be written in a way that shows you don’t understand thematic writing.
Some required parts are missing from your assignment.
Drafting: Key Features of Thematic Writing
Your essay supports a meaningful theme. Your writing includes both narrative of personal events and observations and insights about their relationship to theme.
Your essay includes some storytelling and observations; however, these features could be better developed in relation to a meaningful theme.
Your essay lacks one or more of the key features, or the features are presented in very confusing ways.
Revising: Narrative Flow in Support of Theme
Your revised essay tells a story more engagingly and develops your theme more effectively.
Your revised essay includes some improvements to the narrative flow; however, the revisions do not express the theme more effectively to the reader.
Your revised essay does not include the revision requirements of improving narrative flow and more effectively developing the theme.
Editing: Punctuation and Spelling
Your edited draft consistently uses clear, correct punctuation and correct capitalization, demonstrating you have an excellent understanding of these editing skills.
Your edited draft includes correct punctuation and correct capitalization; however, very minor errors show you still have a developing understanding of these editing skills.
Your edited draft includes many errors in punctuation and capitalization, showing you lack understanding of these editing skills.
