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Creating Your Own Sonnet Creating Your Own Sonnet Create a Shakespearean Style Sonnet Rubric Code: D48789 By sjames Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Assignment Grade Levels: (none)

Creating a Sonnet
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Central Idea or Image Main focus of poem	Poor No central idea/image present.	Fair Central idea/image is difficult to identify and/or changes throughout the piece	Good Central idea/image easy to identify and constant throughout the piece	Excellent Central Idea/image appeals to the emotions and/or intellect and are appropriate for the sonnet's style
Written in Iambic Pentameter Unstressed-stressed pattern, with 10 syllables to a line	Poor Not written in iambic pentameter.	Fair Written in iambic pentameter with mistakes in each stanza.	Good Written in iambic pentameter with one or two problems with syllables or unstressed-stressed pattern.	Excellent Written in perfect iambic pentameter
Appropriate Format 3 stanzas with 4 lines each, 1 stanza with 2 lines	Poor Written with over four too many or few lines.	Fair Written with three or four too many or few lines.	Good Written with one or two too many or few lines.	Excellent Written in proper format.
Uses literary devices: figurative language --i.e. imagery, similes, metaphors, etc.	Poor No use of literary devices.	Fair Literary devices are few and weak.	Good Literary devices are evident and purposeful.	Excellent Literary devices are varied and very effective.
Appropriate Rhyme Scheme ABAB format	Poor No rhyme scheme is used.	Fair Rhyme scheme is scattered or rhymed throughout.	Good Rhyme scheme is used with few mistakes.	Excellent Proper rhyme scheme is used.
Timeliness According to the Student Progress Sheet	Poor Nothing was completed on time	Fair Three aspects were late or incomplete	Good One or two aspects were late or incomplete	Excellent All aspects were completed on time as specified by the student progress sheet.
Effective Reading	Poor Student made no effort to grasp concepts.	Fair Student made attempt to grasp concepts, but needs further assistance.	Good Student grasped concepts, but needs improvement.	Excellent Student effectively grasped concepts taught in class and read with structure and expression.
Spelling and Grammar	Poor Over 5 spelling or grammar mistakes	Fair Four to five spelling or grammar mistakes.	Good One to three spelling or grammar mistakes.	Excellent No spelling or grammar mistakes.