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Creating Your Own Sonnet Creating Your Own Sonnet The best way to gain appreciation for the sonnet form is to write one of your own. Choose a topic that is import to you and write a Shakespearean sonnet expressing your feelings and thoughts. Requirements: Ten syllables for every line Correct rhyme scheme Content-clear subject and story, speaker,tone and message Quatrains/couplets-3 quatrains/1 couplet Rubric Code: D22X2A7 By alcjnc4 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Assignment Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Creating a Sonnet
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 4 pts	Excellent 5 pts
Ten Syllables per Line 10 syllables to a line	Poor 4-5 syllables per line	Fair 6-7 syllables per line	Good 8-9 syllables per line	Excellent Has ten syllables per line
Appropriate Format 3 stanzas with 4 lines each, 1 stanza with 2 lines	Poor Written with over four too many or few lines.	Fair Written with three or four too many or few lines.	Good Written with one or two too many or few lines.	Excellent Written in proper format.
Uses literary devices: figurative language-i.e. imagery, similes, metaphors, etc.	Poor No use of literary devices.	Fair Literary devices are few and weak.	Good Literary devices are evident and purposeful.	Excellent Literary devices are varied and very effective.
Appropriate Rhyme Scheme ABABCDCDEFEF GG	Poor No rhyme scheme is used.	Fair Rhyme scheme is scattered or rhymed throughout.	Good Rhyme scheme is used with a few mistakes.	Excellent Proper rhyme scheme is used.
Spelling and Grammar	Poor Over 5 spelling or grammar mistakes	Fair Four to five spelling or grammar mistakes.	Good One to three spelling or grammar mistakes.	Excellent No spelling or grammar mistakes.
Content Main focus of poem	Poor No subject or message present. Does not demonstrate use of a speaker. Tone lacks control. 1 point	Fair May not contain a subject or message, Does not demonstrate use of a speaker. Tone is unclear. 5 points	Good Demonstrates use of speaker and tone. 15 points	Excellent Clear subject, speaker tone and message 25 points