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Shakespeare Sonnet

Students will choose a sonnet to practice basic Shakespeare analysis skills, including paraphrase, scansion, figures of sound, and operative words.

Rubric Code: VX6BAA4

By kkopryanski

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Subject: Arts and Design

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Shakespeare Sonnet
	Excellent 20 pts	Good 17 pts	Fair 14 pts	Poor 11 pts	Score (N/A)
Paraphrase	Excellent Paraphrase is clear and intelligible, and stays close to structure of the original sonnet. There are no misinterpretations, incorrect translations, or over-modernization of Shakespeare's ideas.	Good Student misunderstands and incorrectly paraphrases 1-2 lines, but is able to paraphrase in structure without over-modernizing the language.	Fair There are more than two misinterpretations that affect the meaning of the sonnet overall. Language used in the paraphrase is too casual.	Poor Extremely convoluted or incomplete paraphrase.	Score
Scansion	Excellent Text is spaced well to make it easy to follow scansion. Scansion marks are careful and legible, and there are no errors related to necessary pronunciation of words.	Good Text is spaced well, and scansion marks are legible. There are 1-2 errors and/or questionable scansion choices (overuse of pyrrhic/spondee, for example).	Fair Scansion marks are not made with precision, so it is difficult to differentiate between stressed and unstressed marks. There are more than 2 errors in rhythm.	Poor Text is not properly spaced, making it hard too hard to follow clearly.	Score
Figures of Sound	Excellent All assigned figures of sound (alliteration, assonance, consonance and onomatopoeia) are marked clearly and with the colors indicated in the packet. It is clear that each line has been considered thoughtfully.	Good Assigned figures of speech are marked clearly, but not as assigned in packet.	Fair Some figures of speech are marked, but major elements are missed, indicating a need to look more deeply at the text.	Poor Figures are not marked as assigned and/or are difficult to follow because of improper spacing or overlapping analyses that are not marked carefully.	Score
Reason for Choice	Excellent Paragraph is thoughtful and well-written with no spelling or grammatical errors. Logic for choice is clear and student supports reasoning with examples.	Good Paragraph is logical and some detail is provided, but there is room for expansion. One spelling or grammatical error.	Fair Reasons for choice are given, but without elucidation. Thoughts lack clear progression, and there are multiple spelling and grammatical errors.	Poor Thoughts are unorganized, with insufficient, vague, or undeveloped examples to back up opinions. Spelling and grammar are extremely problematic, word choices are poor, and construction is awkward.	Score
Memorization	Excellent Memorized 100% and correctly, with no transposed words or incorrect pronunciations	Good 1-3 mistakes in wording or pronunciation and actor has to call for line at one point during the sonnet.	Fair Actor has to call for multiple lines	Poor Not memorized.	Score

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sonnet, Shakespeare, theatre

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