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Poetry Project and Personal Narrative

Poetry Project This project is the final assessment in the unit of Poetry. This is a three week task wherein students compile different poems to analyze personal song, favorite class, unlike class and through different figurative language, different sentence structure and conjunctive adverb.

Rubric Code: MXX7X6B

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Subject: English

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Honors Poetry Portfolio Rubric
	Beginning 1 pts	Developing 3 pts	Established 4 pts	Excelling 5 pts
Originality The student employs a variety of writing genres to demonstrate a comprehensive grasp of significant ideas in selected literary works. The student composes essays, narratives, poems, or technical documents.	Beginning Work appears to be thoughtless or rushed. Work is very repetitive and ideas seem cliched, impersonal or unoriginal.	Developing The poems are creative, but don't demonstrate a variety of approaches.	Established Poems are creative and thoughtful. They are carefully written, but development or craft could go further.	Excelling Poems are creative and original. It is evident that the poet put thought into their words and innovatively conveyed their ideas and emotions.
Literary Devices The student demonstrates comprehension by identifying evidence (i.e., examples of diction, imagery, point of view, figurative language, symbolism) in a variety of texts representative of different genres	Beginning The poems did not include any literary devices such as imagery, sound effects and rhyming pattern.	Developing The poems use some literary devices.	Established The poems incorprate several literary devices which demonstrate creativity.	Excelling The portoflio demonstrates varied and appropriate application of literary devices discussed in class.
Requirements The student practices both timed and process writing and, when applicable, uses the writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing.	Beginning 90% of the portfolio doesn't not meet the criteria required for the project.	Developing The portfolio is missing most of the required content or student didn't follow the required format.	Established The portfolio is missing 1-2 of the required content or format.	Excelling The portfolio meets 100% of the required content and format.
Neatness	Beginning The project is not presentable. The text has a lot of erasures, sheets are creased and project was not on a folder.	Developing The project has more than 3 erasures, more than half of the sheets are creased but submitted on a folder.	Established The project has 1-2 erasures or some sheets are creased but was submitted in a folder.	Excelling The portfolio was submitted in a folder and project is free from any erasures and sheets are not creased.
Grammar & Punctuation The student demonstrates understanding and control of the rules of the English language, realizing that usage involves the appropriate application of conventions and grammar in both written and spoken formats.	Beginning There are numerous spelling, diction, or grammar errors.	Developing The poet's intended meaning is muddled by some spelling, diction or grammar errors.	Established Some spelling, diction or grammar mistakes are evident, but do not diminish meaning.	Excelling Proper use of modern English spelling, diction and grammar are employed consistently throughout portfolio.
Bonus Points	Beginning	Developing	Established	Excelling

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Poem, poetry, portfolio

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English

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