Peer Review Rubric for Personal Narrative

MARK

THEMATIC AND CATEGORY ALIGNMENT

ORIGINALITY AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE

STYLISTIC AND TECHNICAL MERIT

Just what we are looking for

  • The work highlights an individual, family, or group of people and their connection to Latter-day Saint history.
  • The work helps the reader understand the theme in new ways.

  • Using strong description, the work gives the reader a vivid understanding of the characters’ experience.
  • The work demonstrates creativity and resourcefulness in using significant primary sources. (Optional, but not required: The work may cite secondary sources.)
  • The work gives appropriate local historical, cultural, and/or linguistic context that helps readers from other cultures understand what is at stake in the story.

  • Language is clear and engaging.
  • The work reflects the authentic experiences of real people. The details of the story can be verified by consulting people or records. (Optional, but not required: A bibliography is supplied, with references that are cited in a style consistent with local academic standards.)
  • Technical presentation allows the story to be easily heard, viewed, or read.

Nearly what we are looking for

  • The work gives some details about an individual, family, or group of people and their connection to Latter-day Saint history.
  • The work helps the reader understand the theme.

  • The work includes many details giving the reader an understanding of the characters’ experience.
  • The work uses significant primary sources.
  • The work gives some local historical, cultural, and/or linguistic context that helps readers from other cultures understand what is at stake in the story.

  • The language is somewhat clear.
  • The work is mostly based in the authentic experiences of real people. The details of the story may be hard to verify by consulting people or records.
  • Technical presentation has some problems, at times making the story difficult to hear, view, or read.

Not what we are looking for

  • The work lacks details about an individual, family, or group of people and their connection to Latter-day Saint history.
  • The work does not help the reader understand the theme.

  • The work does not include many details giving the reader an understanding of the characters’ experience.
  • The work does not use any primary sources.
  • Because of a lack of historical, cultural, and/or linguistic context, it is difficult for readers from other cultures understand what is at stake in the story.

  • Language is confusing.
  • The work is not based in the authentic experiences of real people. The details of the story cannot be verified by consulting people or records.
  • The technical presentation has problems, making the story hard to hear, view, or read.