Poetry Rubric - Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools



Poetry Rubric

Writing and illustrating a poem. Name:

| |Beginning |Developing |Accomplished |Exemplary |Score |

| |1 |2 |3 |4 | |

|Form |Uses an |May use an |Effectively uses |Creatively uses | |

| |inappropriate |appropriate poetic |an appropriate |an appropriate | |

| |poetic form. |form. |poetic form. |poetic form. | |

| |To few stanzas or stanza |Fewer than four stanzas of |Complete with four stanzas of |Complete with more than | |

| |length is incorrect. |four lines each |four lines each. |four stanzas with four | |

| | | | |lines each. | |

|Word Usage |Student’s use of |Student’s use of |Student’s use of |Student’s use of | |

| |vocabulary is |vocabulary is |vocabulary is |vocabulary is | |

| |very basic. |more telling than |routine and |precise, vivid, | |

| | |showing. |workable |and paints a | |

| | | | |strong clear and | |

| | | | |complete picture | |

| | | | |in the reader’s | |

| | | | |mind. | |

|Poetic |Uses few poetic |Uses some poetic |Uses poetic |Effectively uses | |

|Techniques |Techniques such as |Techniques such as figurative|techniques such as figurative |poetic techniques such as| |

|(elements) |figurative language. |language to |language to |figurative language | |

| | |reinforce the |reinforce the |to reinforce the | |

| | |theme. |theme. |theme. | |

| | | | | | |

|Language |May contain |May contain many |Has mainly grade level |Has grade-level | |

|Conventions |frequent and |errors in spelling, |appropriate |appropriate | |

|(spelling, |numerous |grammar, and/or |spelling, |spelling, | |

|grammar, |errors in |punctuation that |grammar, and |grammar, and | |

|punctuation) |spelling, |may interfere |punctuation; |punctuation; | |

| |grammar, and |with the reader’s |contains some |contains few, if | |

| |punctuation |understanding. |errors that do not |any, errors that | |

| |that interferes | |interfere with the |do not interfere | |

| |with the | |reader’s |with the reader’s | |

| |reader’s | |understanding. |understanding. | |

| |understanding. | | | | |

|Effort |Student’s work |Student’s work |Student’s work |Student’s work | |

| |lacks |demonstrates |demonstrates an |demonstrates a | |

| |understanding |some |understanding of |complete | |

| |of the |understanding of |the assignment. |understanding of | |

| |assignment. |the assignment. | |the assignment | |

| | | | |and goes beyond | |

| | | | |the | |

| | | | |requirements. | |

|Illustration |Lacks an |Uses an |Uses an |Effective and | |

| |illustration. |illustration that |illustration to |creative use of | |

| | |may add to the |enhance the |an illustration | |

| | |poem’s meaning. |poem’s meaning. |enhances the poem’s | |

| | | | |meaning. | |

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