Autobiography Writing Task with Rubricspptx

Autobiography Writing Activity with Rubrics

1. Using Parallel Structures

2. AUTOBIOGRAPHY WRITING

3. An autobiography is an account of a person's life, written by that person.

4. OBJECTIVE: To be able to write an autobiography using parallel structures.

5. Your autobiography may include the following: Early years Family members School First love Teenage problems Important people Life-changing events Challenges you have faced

6. Sample Inspiring Autobiography Titles Long Way to Myself Me & My Troubles Short Story of a Long Life Steps Forward and Steps Back Why Not, or How I Have Changed My Life Being Good in This Cruel World Why I Don’t Believe in Faith Decisions and Choices: What If ? Trying to Make a Difference One, Two, Three: Fight With My Life

7. Poor 1 pt Fair 2 pts Good 3 pts Very Good Excellent 4 pts 5 pts Autobiography format and organization 20 % How the autobiography was organized. Unacceptable Paper is illegible and can't be read. Poor Student has not followed directions for "Format" Fair Student didn't create a cover with a title, paper is not neatly written in pen or typed per the requirements Good Student didn't create a cover with a title, paper is neatly written in pen or typed per the requirements Excellent Student will create a cover with a title. Paper is written neatly.   Grammar 20 % Sentence Structure: Using Parallel Structures Unacceptable 6 or more grammatical errors. (The sentence does not have parallel structure.) Poor 4-5 grammatical errors. Fair 2-3 grammatical errors. Good 1-2 grammatical errors. (The sentence does not have parallel structure.) Excellent 0 grammatical errors. (All of the sentences make use of parallel structures.)   Content 20 % Do the sentences in the autobiography express a complete thought? Unacceptable Information included is not related to the project or no attempt was made. Poor Presenter has minimal details in the presentation of his/her autobiography. Fair Presenter has included very few details. I learned a few things about the presenter. Good Presenter has included information about birth, friends, family, hobbies, favorites, school, church. I learned some things about the presenter. Excellent Excellent Presenter has included information about birth, friends, family, hobbies, favorites, school, church. I learned a lot about the presenter.   Spelling/Vocabulary/ Punctuation 20 % How many words are spelled and punctuated correctly? Unacceptable The sentence contains more than 7 mispelled and mispunctuated and words. Poor The sentence contains 5-6 mispelled and mispunctuated words. Fair The sentence contains 3-4 mispelled and mispunctuated words. Good The e-mail contains 1-2 mispelled and mispunctuated word/s. Excellent All words are spelled and punctuated correctly.   Creativity 20 % How creative is the output? Unacceptable Creativity is not evident. Poor Creativity is 70% evident. Fair Creativity is 80% evident. Good Creativity is 90% evident. Excellent Creativity is exceptional.