Poetry Rubric
Name:_____________________________ Date:_________________________
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Criteria |
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3 |
2 |
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Ideas and content Focuses on an idea, feeling or experience. Uses specific, concrete images. May include poetic sound devices |
Exceptional focus of an idea, feeling or experience. Exceptional use of images. Includes many
examples poetic sound devices |
Adequate focus of an idea, feeling or experience. Adequate use of images.
Includes some examples poetic sound devices
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Inadequate focus of an idea, feeling or experience. Adequate use of
images. Includes no examples poetic sound devices
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Sentence
Fluency Uses lines of varying lengths
and a variety of sentence structures |
Uses a large variety of varying sentence lengths and structure. |
Uses some variety of varying sentence lengths and structure. |
Uses no variety of varying sentence lengths and structure. |
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Organization Uses a logical, effective organizational strategy. |
Uses an exceptional logical and effective organizational strategy.
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Uses an adequate logical and effective organizational strategy. |
Uses an inadequate organizational strategy. |
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Voice Uses own unique style. Writes
honestly, as if the reader were right there.
Writes with confidence and enthusiasm.
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Uses an exceptional and unique writing style. Writes exceptionally honest, as if the reader
were right there. Writes with
exceptional confidence and enthusiasm. |
Uses an adequate writing style. Writes somewhat honestly, as if the
reader were right there. Writes
with a standard amount of with confidence and enthusiasm. |
Uses an inadequate writing style. Does
not make the reader feel a part of the text. Writes with minimal confidence
and enthusiasm. |
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Mechanics Grammar Spelling Punctuation Capitalization |
Text contains only a minimal amount of errors |
Text contains several errors. |
Text contains numerous errors. |
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COMMENTS:
Name:
_____________________________ Date:________________________
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Criteria
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3 |
2 |
1 |
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Idea Development Develops relevant ideas. Uses
descriptive details and examples Focuses on an idea, feeling or experience. |
Relevant ideas are exceptionally developed. Exceptional use of descriptive details and examples. Text is exceptionally focused on an idea, feeling or experience. |
Relevant ideas are adequately developed. Adequate use of descriptive details and examples. Text adequately focuses on an idea,
feeling or experience. |
Relevant ideas are inadequately developed. Inadequate use of descriptive details and examples. Text inadequately focuses on an idea,
feeling or experience. |
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Organization Organizes information clearly and logically. Uses appropriate format for type of text chosen. Originality of presentation format. |
Text is exceptionally organized, clear and logical. Text uses an appropriate format for type
of text chosen and an original presentation format. |
Text is adequately organized, clear and logical. Text uses an appropriate format for type
of text chosen and an original presentation format. |
Text is inadequately organized, clear and logical. Text uses an inappropriate format for type
of text chosen. Text contains an unoriginal
format. |
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Mechanics Grammar, Spelling Punctuation, Capitalization |
Text contains only a minimal amount of errors |
Text contains several errors. |
Text contains numerous errors. |
Total: ______
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