Narrative is 2+ pages, stays in first person, tells the entire story, includes the 5 Ws, and discusses your feelings and opinion about the event

Narrative is 2+ pages, stays in the first person, but is missing some important information that takes away from the story -OR- does not include feelings/opinion

Narrative is less than 2 pages -OR- is not told in first person -AND- is missing important information that greatly takes away from the story -OR- does not include feelings/opinion

Narrative attempts but fails to meet requirements

Narrative is incomplete

Narrative presents an engaging picture of the action and people involved, contains specific dialogue, makes readers interested

Narrative presents an engaging picture but is missing some action or people involved -OR- is missing dialogue

Narrative presents an engaging picture but is missing some action or people involved -AND- is missing dialogue

Narrative does not engage readers -AND- does not contain dialogue

Narrative is incomplete

The sequence of events and personal reflection enhance understanding and effect, author clearly put thought into organization

The organization and personal reflection are not confusing, but is not as effective as it could be

The organization makes the paper difficult to follow at times, personal reflection seems randomly placed or tacked on

Little to no personal reflection added to organization of paper, the sequence of events makes the story hard to understand

Narrative is not organized and does not reflect

Narrative contains few or no errors in standard grammar, punctuation and spelling

Narrative contains some errors in standard grammar, punctuation and spelling, but errors do not greatly distract from story

Narrative contains many errors in standard grammar, punctuation and/or spelling, but the story is still understandable

Narrative contains many errors, the amount and/or type of errors greatly distract the reader and make the story difficult to understand

Cannot understand narrative because of errors

Bibliography follows MLA format - includes 3+ online resources and 2+ text resources

Bibliography does not follow MLA format -OR- includes fewer than 3 online resources -OR- includes fewer than 2 text resources

Bibliography does not follow MLA format -AND- includes fewer than 3 online resources -OR- includes fewer than 2 text resources

Bibliography does not follow MLA format -AND- includes fewer than 3 online resources -AND- includes fewer than 2 text resources

Bibliography is incomplete