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“Chicago” Illustration
Directions: Create an illustration for Carl Sandburg’s “Chicago”. Use your analysis of the poem to help you determine what should be included in
the illustration. Think about how colors, images, etc. help to convey the author’s purpose. Use two quotes to support your artistic decisions.
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Quotes from Story
Images
Presentation
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“Chicago” Poem Illustration
Exceeds Expectations
Meets Expectations
Approaching Expectations
4
3
2
Two quotes from “Chicago” One quote from “Chicago”
The quote(s) from
provided a clear example of
provided a clear example “Chicago” included insight
imagery that helped describe
of imagery that helped
into the author’s purpose
the author’s tone and
describe the author’s tone
but were not connected
purpose.
and purpose.
to the illustration.
The images created for the
The images created for
The images created had
illustration directly match the
the illustration match at
something to do with
quotes provided and helped
least one of the quotes
details from the poem.
illustrate the author’s tone
and loosely connect to the
and purpose/message.
author’s tone and
purpose/message.
The images are neat and
The images are neat and
The images are not neat
orderly, colors represent the orderly, colors somewhat
and/or the colors do not
tone/author’s message, and
represent the
represent the
the written text is easy to
tone/author’s message,
tone/author’s message,
read.
and the written text is
and/or the written text is
readable.
hard to read.
Expectations Not Met
1
The quote(s) from
“Chicago” did not support
the illustration or convey
the author’s purpose.
The images created had
nothing to do with the
details from the poem.
There are no images
and/or the text is not
readable at all.