iRubric: Poetry Grade 6 rubric

Poems built on weak image, emotion or music. No range of details used. No poetic devices (metaphor, personification) evident.

Poems built on foundation of image, emotion and or music but not elaborated on. Attempts to use a range of sensory details, only a few. Attempted use of poetic devices to express ideas.

Builds poems on the foundation of a strong image, emotion, and or music. Uses a range of sensory details. Uses poetic devices (metaphor, personification) to express ideas.

Poems built effectively and independently on foundation of strong image, emotion and or music. Uses a wide range of sensory details. Uses poetic devices to elaborately express ideas.

Attention to word sounds is not present. No use of repetition. No use of sources such as a Thesaurus to select a precise word.

Some attention to the sounds of words is evident. Attempted use of repetition. Uses a Thesaurus to select the precise word with assistance.

Attends to the sounds of words. Uses repetition. Uses a Thesaurus to select the precise word.

Attends to and uses competantly the sounds of words in poem creation. Good use of repetition. Uses a Thesaurus and other sources to select precise words.