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Spoken Word Poem Rubric 
Spoken Word Poem Rubric
Used for grading poems written by students. Standard 6: Students read, write, and view texts to examine the choices artists make and to reflect on how their choices affect their audiences. Standard 1: Students use the writing process to produce clear responses to writing tasks that fulfill a variety of purposes and address a variety of audiences.
Rubric Code: J23W553
By kmoszyns
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 6-8

Powered by iRubric Writing Poetry
  Exceeding Standards

(N/A)

Meeting Standards

(N/A)

Approaching Standards

(N/A)

Below Standards

(N/A)

Creativity & Originality

20 points
Exceeding Standards

Poems are creative and original. It is evident that the poet put thought into their words and uniquely conveyed their ideas and emotions.

18-20 points
Meeting Standards

Poems are thoughtful and creative. A couple of phrases or ideas may be revisited, but the overall product is carefully written.

15-17 points
Approaching Standards

Most of the poem is creative, but appears to be rushed. This is evident in the poet's redundancy or overuse of ideas.

11-14 points
Below Standards

Poems appear to be thoughtless or rushed. Work is very repetitive, and ideas are unoriginal.

8-10 points
Sensory Details

15 points
Exceeding Standards

Vivid, detailed images and intensely felt emotion make the poems come alive.

13-15 points
Meeting Standards

Clear sensory images are used to portray ideas or emotions.

10-12 points
Approaching Standards

Some use of image, idea, or emotion.

7-9 points
Below Standards

Difficult to visualize image or emotion.

0-6 points
Length requirement

20 points
Exceeding Standards

Exceeded the 1 minute length.

18-20 points
Meeting Standards

1 minute in length.

15-17 points
Approaching Standards

Close to 1 minute in length.

11-14 points
Below Standards

Much shorter than a minute in length.

8-10 points
Poetic Devices

15 points
Exceeding Standards

Poems demonstrate a clear understanding and noted use of a variety of poetic devices (alliteration, assonance, consonance, metaphor, meter, onomatopoeia, personification, point of view, repetition, rhyme, simile, stanza, etc.).

13-15 points
Meeting Standards

Poems demonstrate a fair understanding and use of a variety of poetic devices (alliteration, assonance, consonance, metaphor, meter, onomatopoeia,
personification, point of view, repetition, rhyme, simile, stanza, etc.).
10-12 points
Approaching Standards

Poems use several poetic devices repetitively but do not demonstrate a broad understanding of their use in poetry.

7-9 points
Below Standards

Poems show little evidence or understanding of use of poetic devices.

0-6 points
Performance/iMovie

30 points
Exceeding Standards

Performance was emotional and the performer had great stage presence. iMovie was fully completed with voice recording and imagery.

30 points
Meeting Standards

Performance was done well, but the performer could have improved stage presence. Performance lacked believability. iMovie imagery did not correlate with the poem.
20 points
Approaching Standards

Performance lacked emotion and stage presence. iMovie was underproduced.

10 points
Below Standards

Performance was not given. iMovie is incomplete.

0 points



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  • Poem, poetry, middle school, writing

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