Assessment+Rubrics

Rubric: Poems
 * || A || B || C || D-F ||
 * Form

5 points || Accurately uses an appropriate form with little or no errors. || Uses an appropriate form with few errors. || Uses an appropriate form, but with many errors. || Uses an inappropriate poetic form. || (Imagery and Sound Devices)
 * Word Usage

5 Points || *Use of vocabulary is precise, vivid, and paints a strong clear and complete picture in the reader’s mind. *The correct number of elements are included. || * Use of <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">vocabulary is <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">routine and <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">workable. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">vocabulary is <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">more telling than <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">showing. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">vocabulary is <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">very basic. (Rhyme and Rhythm)
 * One element is missing. || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">*Use of
 * 2-3 elements are missing. || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">*Use of
 * More than 3 elements are missing. ||
 * Poetic Techniques

5 Points || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Effectively and creatively uses <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">poetic techniques <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">to reinforce the <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">theme. || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Uses poetic <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">techniques accurately to <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">reinforce the <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">theme. || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Uses some poetic <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">techniques to <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">reinforce the <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">theme. || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Uses few poetic <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Techniques haphazardly or with thought to theme. || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Conventions <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">(spelling, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">grammar, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">punctuation)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Language

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">5 Points || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">appropriate <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">spelling, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">grammar, and <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">punctuation; <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">contains few, if any, errors that <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">do not interfere <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">with the reader’s <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">understanding. || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Has mainly grade level <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">appropriate <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">spelling, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">grammar, and <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">punctuation; <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">contains some <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">errors that do not <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">interfere with the <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">reader’s <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">understanding. || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">May contain many <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">errors in spelling, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">grammar, and/or <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">punctuation that <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">may interfere <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">with the reader’s <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">understanding. || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Contains <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">frequent and <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">numerous <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">errors in <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">spelling, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">grammar, and <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">punctuation <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">that interferes <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">with the <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">reader’s <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">understanding. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Recording

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">5 points || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Poems are recorded and include clear and accurate readings, and visuals/music which clearly support the meaning of the poems. || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Poems are recorded and include readings of the poems and music/visuals which relate to the meaning of the poems. || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Poems are recorded, but are not clear, and do not include either visuals or music, or the visuals/music are unrelated to the poem. || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Poems are not recorded, or the visuals/music are completely off topic. ||

Total: ___________/25

Rubric: Analysis


 * || A || B || C || D-F ||
 * Analysis of form and imagery

5 points || The form and imagery used in each poem is explained in an insightful and complete manner. || The form and imagery used in each poem is explained completely, but is lacking insight. || The form and imagery used in each poem is explained, but is lacks insight or completeness. || The form and imagery used in each poem is explained only superficially or not at all. ||
 * Analysis of rhyme and meter

5 points || The use of rhyme and meter used in each poem is explained in an insightful and complete manner. || The use of rhyme and meter used in each poem is explained in a complete manner, but is lacking insight. || The use of rhyme and meter used in each poem is explained, but lacks insight or completeness. || The use of rhyme and meter used in each poem is explained only superficially or not at all. ||
 * Analysis of theme and tone

5 points || Insightful and accurate analysis of the overall tone and theme of the poem. Analysis goes beyond the superficial to explain how all elements of poetry contribute to the meaning. || Accurate analysis of the overall tone and theme of the poem. Analysis goes beyond the superficial to explain how all elements of poetry contribute to the meaning.. || Accurate analysis of the overall theme and tone of the poem, which may be superficial or missing the way in which all elements of poetry contribute to the meaning. || Analysis of theme and tone is inaccurate or missing. The writer does not explain how individual elements of poetry contribute to the overall meaning. || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Conventions <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">(spelling, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">grammar, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">punctuation)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Language

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">5 Points || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Uses appropriate <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">spelling, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">grammar, and <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">punctuation; <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">contains few, if any, errors that <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">do not interfere <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">with the reader’s <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">understanding. || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Has mainly grade level <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">appropriate <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">spelling, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">grammar, and <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">punctuation; <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">contains some <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">errors that do not <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">interfere with the <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">reader’s <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">understanding. || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">May contain many <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">errors in spelling, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">grammar, and/or <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">punctuation that <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">may interfere <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">with the reader’s <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">understanding. || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Contains <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">frequent and <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">numerous <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">errors in <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">spelling, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">grammar, and <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">punctuation <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">that interferes <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">with the <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">reader’s <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">understanding. ||
 * Recording

5 Points || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Analyses are recorded and include clear and accurate readings, and visuals/music which clearly support the meaning of the poems. || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Analyses are recorded and include readings of the analysis and music/visuals which relate to the meaning of the poems. || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Analyses are recorded, but are not clear, and do not include either visuals or music, or the visuals/music are unrelated to the poem. || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Analyses are not recorded, or the visuals/music are completely off topic. || Total: _________/25