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Poetry Unit

Students will provide samples of their own poetry, compare 2 poems, find figurative language in song lyrics. Students must write a one page reflection on their thoughts of poetry and how they feel they did on their project.. A title page must reflect a knowledge and understanding of poetry and poetic terms.

Rubric Code: SB8AWW

By SharleneMalloy

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Subject: English

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Poetry
	Good 4 pts	Fair 3 pts	Poor 2 pts	Incomplete 0 pts
#5 title page	Good Title page is neat and creative. It clearly reflects an understanding of poetry and poetic terms.	Fair Title page is neat. It reflects some knowledge of poetry and poetic terms.	Poor Title page is messy and/or ineffective in reflecting a knowledge of poetry and poetic terms.	Incomplete Title page is not included.
#1 Free Verse	Good Student submits two descriptive poem using free verse. Student submits two poems that effectively uses rhyme scheme. Writing uses a variety of ideas, vocabulary to interest the reader.	Fair Student submits two descriptive poem using free verse. Student submits two poems that attempt to uses rhyme scheme. Writing attempts to use ideas, figurative language and vocabulary to interest the reader.	Poor Student submits less 2 free verse poems. Writing is not effective and is not interesting to the reader.	Incomplete One or both poems are not submitted.
#2 compare 2 poems	Good Clearly covers similarities. Wrote many ideas about the relationship in terms of theme, tone, vocabulary, mood and figurative language.	Fair Must cover similarities in the two pieces. Wrote some ideas about the relationship in terms of theme, tone, vocabulary, mood and figurative language	Poor Does not cover similarities between poems. Wrote few ideas about the relationship in terms of mood, theme and figurative language.	Incomplete Poem comparison not turned in.
#3 reflection	Good Uses many ideas to answer why they enjoyed the unit, what their favorite piece was along with their hardest part. Was written in proper paragraph form.	Fair Uses few ideas to answer why they enjoyed the unit, what their favorite piece was along with hardest part. Was written in proper paragraph form.	Poor Does not completely answer if they enjoyed the unit. Should have included favorite piece along with hardest part of unit. Was not written in proper paragraph form.	Incomplete Reflection is not submitted.
#4 figurative meaning of song lyric	Good Clearly interprets the figurative meaning of the selected song.	Fair Interpretes the figurative meaning of the song. Some proof from the text is used to help support their ideas.	Poor Interpretation is attempted, but little to no proof is used from the text to support opinion.	Incomplete Poem and an interpretation are not submitted
Cinquain	Good 3 poems submitted and illustrated to fit the theme. Poems follow rules and were written creatively.	Fair 3 poems submitted and illustrated to fit theme. Poems attempt to follow rules and were somewhat creative.	Poor 2 or less poems submitted and lacking correct format and illustrations do not fit theme.	Incomplete Poems not submitted
Couplets and 1 Rap	Good 2 poems and 1 rap presented creatively and follow the rules to a couplet	Fair 2 poems and 1 rap completed but not presented creatively and attempted to follow rules.	Poor 2 or less submitted and lacking correct format, illustration and presentation.	Incomplete Poem and Rap not presented
Haiku	Good 3 poems submitted and illustrated to fit the theme. Poems follow rules and were written creatively.	Fair 3 poems submitted and illustrated to fit theme. Poems attempt to follow rules and were somewhat creative.	Poor 2 or less poems submitted and lacking correct format and illustrations do not fit theme.	Incomplete Poems not submitted

Keywords:

Poetry

Subjects:

English

Types:

Project

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