EngLit 12-GVE: Criteria for Evaluating Annotation of Poem for the Lit Analysis Paper

Mark Criteria
15 The annotations show attention to the elements of the poem: dramatic
Excellent situation, tone, setting, imagery, persona, theme. The notes show
understanding of the dramatic situation. The notes are grounded on textual
details, with attentive consideration for the title and its meaning. Words and
phrases are explored for their meanings in relation to the dramatic situation.
The student encircles, underlines, or highlights specific words and phrases to
show an effort to understand and analyze a specific part of the poem. There is
rigor in the content of the notes in that the questions and observations point to
a relevant and arguable analysis. They show a tentative main idea and the
beginnings of an outline.
14 The annotations show attention to the elements of the poem: dramatic
Very Good situation, tone, setting, imagery, persona, theme. The notes show
understanding of the dramatic situation, with attentive consideration for the
title and its meaning. The notes are grounded on textual details, but some parts
seem to have been skipped or presumed without concrete textual evidence.
Words and phrases are explored for their meanings in relation to the dramatic
situation. The student encircles, underlines, or highlights specific words and
phrases to show an effort to understand and analyze a specific part of the
poem. There is rigor in the content of the notes in that the questions and
observations point to a relevant and arguable analysis. They show a tentative
main idea and the beginning of an outline. Some parts could have been
expounded in the notes.
13-12 The annotations show some attention to the elements of the poem: dramatic
Good situation, tone, setting, imagery, persona, theme. However, not all of the
significant elements are explored rigorously in the notes. The notes show
understanding of the dramatic situation, with some consideration for the title
and its meaning. The title’s meaning may have been overlooked. The notes are
grounded on textual details, but some parts seem to have been skipped or
presumed without concrete textual evidence. Words and phrases are explored
for their meanings in relation to the dramatic situation, but the meanings
arrived at seem inconsistent or without solid support from the text. The student
encircles, underlines, or highlights specific words and phrases to show an
effort to understand and analyze a specific part of the poem. There is rigor in
the content of the notes in that the questions and observations point to an
arguable analysis. However, its relevance and consistency to the elements need
to be supported and expounded more rigorously. The notes show a tentative
main idea and some draft of an outline. Some parts could have been expounded
in the notes.
11 The annotations show some attention to the elements of the poem: dramatic
Satisfactory situation, tone, setting, imagery, persona, theme. However, only the significant
elements are explored rigorously in the notes. The notes show some
understanding of the dramatic situation. The title’s meaning may have been
 overlooked. The notes are grounded on textual details, but some parts seem to
have been skipped or presumed with concrete textual evidence. Words and
phrases are explored for their meanings in relation to the dramatic situation,
but the meanings arrived at seem inconsistent or without solid support from the
text. The student does not show many visible editing marks on specific words
and phrases to show an effort to understand and analyze a specific part of the
poem. There is some rigor in the content of the notes in that the questions and
observations point to the beginnings of an analysis, but the points raised are
quite questionable. However, its relevance and consistency to the elements
need to be supported and expounded more rigorously. The notes show a
tentative main idea, but hardly an outline. Some parts could have been
expounded in the notes.
10 The annotations seem to paraphrase and summarize the dramatic situation
Needs without any arguable, compelling points for analysis. The notes extrapolate
Improvement meanings found in the images, rather than an attentive analysis of language,
tone, and imagery found in the textual details. The analysis does not seem to be
grounded on relevant meanings of certain words and phrases, but rather some
assumptions on the persona, setting, or tone based perhaps on the reader’s own
contexts.
9 and below The annotations do not show any understanding for the dramatic situation or
Does not does not seem to explore the dramatic situation. This oversight does not seem
seem to to develop meaningful explorations of the elements.
understand
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