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Writing an Acrostic Poem Writing an Acrostic Poem Objective: Creating an acrostic poem to communicate effectively with an authentic purpose form. WR-07-1.1.2 Literary Writing: Students will apply characteristics of the selected form (e.g., short story, play/script, poem). Rubric Code: ZXXC533 By Jaclyn19 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

Acrostic Poem
	Needs Improvement 1 pts	Getting There 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Structure and Format	Needs Improvement None of the lines relate to the topic of the poem.	Getting There The poem does not have a clear topic. 3 or 4 lines do not start with a letter in the topic word. 3 or 4 lines do not describe or relate to the topic of the poem.	Good The poem has a topic, but 1-2 lines of the poem does/do not start with a letter in the topic word. 1-2 lines of the poem does/do not describe or relate to the topic of the poem.	Excellent The poem has a clear topic. Each line of the poem begins with a letter in the topic word. Each line describes or relates to the topic of the poem.
Creativity	Needs Improvement The poem does not contain any interesting word choices.	Getting There The poem contains one interesting word choice.	Good The poem contains two interesting word choices.	Excellent The poem contains more than two interesting word choices.
Mechanics	Needs Improvement The poem contains 5 or more spelling or punctuation errors.	Getting There The poem contains 3 or 4 spelling or punctuation errors.	Good The poem contains 1 or 2 spelling or punctuation errors.	Excellent The poem does not contain any spelling or punctuation errors.
Legibility	Needs Improvement Writing is not legible and the paper is very unorganized.	Getting There Writing is not legible in most places and the paper is unorganized in some places.	Good Writing is not legible in some places, but is neat.	Excellent Writing is legible and the paper is very neat.