Poetry Rubric
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Scale
Criteria
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1 Just Beginning 0-13 points
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2 Almost There 14-18 points |
3 Meets the Standard 17-19 points
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4 WOW! 20-25 pts |
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Ideas and Content Focuses on an idea, feeling, or Experience. Uses specific, concrete images.
| Inadequate focus of idea, feeling or experience. Poor use of images. Does not include examples of poetic sound devices. | Some focus of idea, feeling or experience. Adequate use of images. Includes some examples of poetic sound devices. | Adequate focus of idea, feeling or experience. Adequate use of images. Includes some examples of poetic sound devices. | Exceptional focus of idea, feeling or experience. Exceptional use of images. Includes many examples of poetic sound devices. |
| Sensory images
| Difficult to visualize image or emotion. | Some use of image, idea or emotion. | Clear use of sensory images to portray ideas or emotions. | Vivid, detailed images and intensely felt emotion. |
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Organization and use of language
| Inadequate organizational strategy. Imprecise or inappropriate choice of words. | Some organizational strategy. Expresses thoughts marginally. | Uses adequate, logical and effective organizational strategy. Appropriate choice of language. | Uses exceptional, logical and effective organizational strategy. Uses rich and imaginative language. |
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Mechanics and sentence fluency
| Text contains numerous errors. Does not contain a variety of sentence length and structure. | Text contains several errors. Uses some variety of sentence length and structure. | Text contains few errors. Uses adequate variety of sentence length and structure. | Text contains only a minimal amount of errors. Uses a large variety of sentence length and structure. |
