Name: ___________________________________
Somma- ELA
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Final copies of your poem are due on Monday, September 11.
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Be sure poems are either typed, or written neatly. Be creative and add color as they will be
hung up in the classroom!
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Poems will be presented in class. If you do not have a final copy of your poem on Monday, a
phone call home will be made.
RUBRIC FOR POETRY
CATEGORY
Excellent - 4
Good - 3
Satisfactory - 2
Needs Improvement 1
THE
WRITING
PROCESS /
EFFORT
Student devoted a lot
Student devoted
Student devoted
Student devoted little
of time and effort to
adequate time and
some time and
time and effort to the
the writing process
effort to the writing effort to the writing
writing process. It
and worked hard to process and worked to process but was
appears that the
make the poem a
get the job done. The not very thorough. student does not care
good read. The poem poem may have one or Does enough to get about the assignment.
has no errors.
two errors.
by. There are
The poem has many
several errors.
errors.
NEATNESS
The final draft of the The final draft of the
The final draft of
poem is readable,
poem is readable, neat
the poem is
clean, neat and
and attractive. It looks readable and some
attractive. It looks
like the author took
of the pages are
like the author took
some pride in it.
attractive. It looks
great pride in it.
like parts of it
might have been
done in a hurry.
STYLE
The poem is written
with a great sense of
style. The poem has
been well thought
out and makes sense
to the reader.
The poem is written
with a defined with
style. Thoughts are
clear to read and
understandable.
TOTAL SCORE:
The final draft is not
neat or attractive. It
looks like the student
just wanted to get it
done and didn’t care
what it looked like.
The poem is
The poem lacks style
written somewhat and the thoughts did
with style.
not come out clearly on
Thoughts are clear
paper.
to a degree.