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The American Dream Poem

The American Dream Comic Strip

Create a poem that represents the achievement of "The American Dream in a minimum of nine lines.

Rubric Code: KXC76W3

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Subject: English

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 9-12

American Dream Poem
	Excellent/Advanced 4 pts	Acceptable 3 pts	Needs Work 2 pts	Poor 0 pts
Figurative Language x2	Excellent/Advanced Effectively and heavily employs the use of metaphors, imagery, similes, personification, and/or symbolism creatively to represent the pursuit or achievement of The American Dream.	Acceptable Effectively employs the use of metaphors, imagery, similes, personification, and/or symbolism to represent the pursuit or achievement of The American Dream.	Needs Work Sparsely or ineffectively employs the use of metaphors, imagery, similes, personification, and/or symbolism to represent the pursuit or achievement of The American Dream, but it is not as clear as it could be.	Poor Figurative language is missing from the poem.
Conventions	Excellent/Advanced Provides evidence of a consistent and strong command of grade-level conventions (grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling) Error free.	Acceptable Provides evidence of an adequate command of grade-level conventions (grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling) A few errors.	Needs Work Provides evidence of a limited command of grade-level conventions (grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling) Errors in most sections.	Poor Provides little or no evidence of a command of grade-level conventions (grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling) Errors throughout.
Originality x2	Excellent/Advanced Content on the poster is creative, original, and expressed in the voice of the student writer and not cliche ideas.	Acceptable Content on the poster is original, and expressed in the voice of the student writer and not cliche ideas.	Needs Work Content on the poster is not the voice of the student writer in places, and uses cliche expressions.	Poor Content on the poster is not the voice of the student writer in most of the task.
Article Questions	Excellent/Advanced Responses to the questions are complete, specific, thoughtful, and accurate.	Acceptable Responses to the questions are complete and accurate.	Needs Work Responses to the questions are either incomplete or inaccurate.	Poor Questions are not answered or answered to vaguely for credit.