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Boast Poem Rubric/Student Name_______________________________

10-15 points
Meets
Standards
2 kennings

5-10 points
Approaching
Standards
1 kenning

0 - 5 points
Significantly
below standards
No kennings

Caesura in each line, 1-20 points

15-20 points
Exceeds
standards
At least 3
kennings
Each line

Every other
line

Every third line or


so

No caesuras

No rhyming, 1-10 points

No rhyming

2-3 rhymes

4-5 rhymes

6 or more rhymes

Heavy alliteration, 1-20 points

3 alliterated
words on every
other line
10-20 lines
MINIMUM

3 alliterated
words on
every 3 lines
10-15 lines

3 alliterated
words every 4
lines
10 lines

Little or no
alliteration

Projects voice,
speaks clearly
and confidently
the whole time

Projects voice,
speaks clearly
and
confidently
3/4 of time

Projects voice,
speaks clearly and
confidently 1/2 of
time

Projects voice,
speaks clearly
and confidently
1/4 of time or
less

CATEGORY (enter totals by


category in this column)
Kennings, 1-20 points

Ten-twenty lines in length, 1-20


points
Performance of Boast, 1-10

Fewer than 10
lines

Total points for a test grade:


_____________________________

Boast Poem Rubric/Student Name __________________________________


10-15 points
Meets
Standards
2 kennings

5-10 points
Approaching
Standards
1 kenning

0 - 5 points
Significantly
below standards
No kennings

Caesura in each line, 1-20 points

15-20 points
Exceeds
standards
At least 3
kennings
Each line

Every other line

Every third line or


so

No caesuras

No rhyming, 1-10 points

No rhyming

2-3 rhymes

4-5 rhymes

6 or more rhymes

Heavy alliteration, 1-20 points

3 alliterated
words on every
other line
10-20 lines
MINIMUM

3 alliterated
words on every
3 lines
10-15 lines

3 alliterated words
every 4 lines

Little or no
alliteration

10 lines

Fewer than 10
lines

Projects voice,
speaks clearly
and confidently
the whole time

Projects voice,
speaks clearly
and confidently
3/4 of time

Projects voice,
speaks clearly and
confidently 1/2 of
time

Projects voice,
speaks clearly and
confidently 1/4 of
time or less

CATEGORY (enter totals by


category in this column)
Kennings, 1-20 points

Ten-twenty lines in length, 1-20


points
Performance of Boast, 1-10
points

Total points for a test grade:


_____________________________

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