Free English Language Arts Rubrics

NEW Personal Narrative Journal Rubric FREEBIE

*Updated 4/28/2021*

This update does not change the content of the rubric. The look of the resource has just been revamped!

I created this rubric to help my middle students know what is expected of them when completing a journal writing prompt for a personal narrative. Often times, my students take advantage of free writing and do not think of it as a "real grade." Giving them something to base their writing off of gives them more direction and motivation to turn in their best work, while also sticking to their personal story/experiences.

*This was intended for, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, the global pandemic COVID-19 experience. My students are given a weekly prompt via Google Classroom as well as this rubric to follow.

This freebie kindergarten writing assessment comes with the prompt, "Would you rather have a dog or a cat as a pet? Why?". It includes two pages. One page comes with an optional grading rubric/student reflection at the bottom (aligned with CCSS). The second comes with just writing lines for students.

It aligns with following Common Core State Standards:

• Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion piece (K.W.1)
• With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question. (K.W.8)
• Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I. (K.L.2.a)
• Recognize and name end punctuation. (K.L.2.b)
• Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes). (K.L.2.c)
• Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships. (K.L.2.d)

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This document includes two half-page writing checklists that students can use to self evaluate their writing pieces. The grading rubric is simple and easy to follow. It allows students to grade themselves on a four point grading scale based on writing quantity, quality, and neatness.

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