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Rhyming Couplets Rubric * Rhyming Couplets Rubric Students will create an original poem using the conventions of a rhyming couplet poem. Rubric Code: UX849W9 By allysonholden Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Assignment Grade Levels: K-5, 6-8

Rhyme Poem
	Beginning 1 pts	Developing 2 pts	Established 3 pts	Excelling 4 pts
Main Idea	Beginning The poem does not have a central idea/theme	Developing The idea/theme of the poem is unclear	Established The poem has a central idea/theme.	Excelling There is one focused main idea which is very clear to the reader.
Use of Rhyming couplet	Beginning The poem does not use rhyming couplets.	Developing The poet has made an attempt at using rhyming couplets.	Established The poet uses rhyming couplets well throughout their poem.	Excelling The poet has made excellent use of rhyming couplets to create a poem that flows and makes sense
Creativity	Beginning The poet did not use any creativity when presenting and decorating their poem	Developing The poet is developing their creativity when decorating their poem.	Established Student created a poem that showed creativity but had trouble blending it all together.	Excelling Students created a colorful creative poem that blends with the theme of the story.
Rhyme and Structure	Beginning The poem does not follow the rhyming scheme or structure.	Developing Poet is developing the rhyming scheme and structure	Established The poem follows the rhyming scheme for most of the poem	Excelling The Poem shows an effective aa bb pattern throughout the stanza.
Spelling and Grammar	Beginning There are a large number of spelling and grammar errors throughout the poem (10+)	Developing There are a number of spelling errors (5-9)	Established There are minimal spelling and grammar errors (4-1).	Excelling Their a no spelling and grammar errors.
Descriptive language and imagery	Beginning The poem lacks descriptive language and imagery.	Developing The poets descriptive language and imagery is apparent but still developing.	Established Poem is creative and thoughtful. Poem uses descriptive language to creating imagery.	Excelling Poem is creative and original. It is evident that the poet put thought into their use of descriptive language and imagery to convey their ideas and emotions.