Concrete Poem Rubric

Criteria Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1

Knowledge/
Understanding Your poem is Your poem is Your poem is Your poem is
written in a well- written in a written in a not written in a
Content
defined, detailed creative shape simple shape. shape OR
and advanced that can be representative of
/10 shape clearly seen a shape in any
way.

Communication
Your spelling Your poem has a Your poem has Your poem has
Poem Style / and grammar are few errors in several errors in many spelling
Voice virtually error spelling and/or grammar and and grammar
/10 free. grammar. spelling, which mistakes. You
However, it is make it difficult have made no
The poem has very easy to to understand. effort to correct
been edited understand obvious
mistakes.

Application
Your poem uses Your poem Little thought has No thought has
Words and precise language demonstrates been given to been given to
Sentences relate
and sensory good sensory word choices. word choices.
to topic
details that have details and Your poem This makes your
/10 been carefully appropriate use would have been poem difficult to
chosen to match of language that more meaningful relate to and
the chosen shape relate to the with a few word understand.
image substitutions.

Thinking
Writer's final Writer's print is Writer's print is a Writer's print is
Planning product is neat, readable. The somewhat not easily
clean, and poem shows unreadable. readable. The
/10 readable due to effort as it has Illustration has overall
planning. been somewhat been barely illustration
Illustrations planned planned out as cannot be made-
show excellent beforehand the words are not out since there
effort and well-organized has been no
organization. thought put in