One of the best ways to help your students grow as writers is to monitor their progress throughout the Personal Narrative Unit. This Excel spreadsheet uses the Writer's Workshop Personal Narrative Unit rubric to track students' essay scores (i.e. the Writing Baseline, Bend 1, Bend 2, and Bend 3). The best thing about this spreadsheet is that it's color-coded. This visual will allow you to quickly create individual writing goals as well as address whole class trends. For added convenience, upload