RUBRIC FOR POETRY

Name: Date: Period:

CATEGORY Excellent - 4 Good - 3 Satisfactory - 2 Needs Improvement - 1

Student devoted some time

Student devoted a lot of time Student devoted adequate time Student devoted little time and
THE WRITING and effort to the writing
and effort to the writing process and effort to the writing process effort to the writing process. It
PROCESS / process but was not very
and worked hard to make the and worked to get the job done. appears that the student does not
thorough. Does enough to
poem a good read. The poem The poem may have one or two care about the assignment. The
EFFORT get by. There are several
has no errors. errors. poem has many errors.
errors.

The poem has a title that clearly

TITLE relates to the poem and adds The poem has a title that relates to
The poem has a title The poem has no title
interest to the theme or message the poem
of the poem

The final draft of the poem is The final draft of the poem is
The final draft of the poem is
readable, clean, neat and readable, neat and attractive. It The final draft is not neat or
readable and some of the
attractive. It is free of erasures may have one or two erasures, but attractive. It looks like the student
NEATNESS pages are attractive. It looks
and crossed-out words. It looks they are not distracting. It looks just wanted to get it done and
like parts of it might have
like the author took great pride like the author took some pride in didn’t care what it looked like.
been done in a hurry.
in it. it.

The poem is written with a The poem is written

great sense of style. The poem
STYLE
has been well thought out and
makes sense to the reader.
The poem is written with a The poem lacks style and the
somewhat with style.
defined with style. Thoughts are thoughts did not come out clearly
Thoughts are clear to a
clear to read and understandable. on paper.
degree.

The poem is filled with The poem includes many The poem includes some The poem lacks description and
VOCABULARY descriptive vocabulary that descriptive elements and is descriptive words and does not allow the reader to
appeals to the reader. appealing. phrases. visualize the poem.

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