Name: ______________________________________ Date: ____________________________

WRITING: AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Instructions: Compose a short essay discussing the most important facts about yourself. Write three paragraphs
which include a proper introduction with a short profile (age, occupation, where you live, etc.) your interests and
hobbies, and your closest family members. (50 points)

Rubric:

Criteria 1 2 3 Weight
Grammar The work shows The work shows The work shows
poor use of moderate use of excellent use of
grammar, making grammar, with grammar with no
if confusing or only a few mistakes. 35%
difficult to mistakes that (11-15 points) ____/15
understand. make it confusing
(0-4 points) or difficult to
understand.
(5-10 points)
Vocabulary The work shows The work shows The work shows
poor use of moderate use of excellent use of
vocabulary with vocabulary with vocabulary with
many spelling few to no words little to no
errors and words out of context and spelling errors. 35%
out of context, few spelling (11-15 points) ____/15
making it difficult errors that make
to understand. it difficult to
(0-4 points) understand.
(5-10 points)
Organization/Cohesion The work shows The work shows The work shows
poor organization, moderate excellent
going back and organization of organization and
forth between topics, cohesion. 15%
topics and transitioning (9-10 points) ____/10
transitioning abruptly at times.
between them (4-8 points)
abruptly.
(0-3 points)
Form The work does not The work consists The work
follow the essay of longer perfectly follows
format. sentences but the established 15%
(0-3 points) does not adhere format. ____/10
to the essay (9-10 points)
format.
(4-8 points)