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Poetry Portfolio Rubric

Read and print your rubric as often as you need! Put a copy on your refrigerator and keep track of what you've finished and what still needs to be done. Remember that your original poems will be assigned and collected as daily homework assignments.

Poetry Portfolio Rubric

 Due date: Entire portfolio due on or before Friday, October 24, 2008.

Individual original poems will be assigned and collected on a daily basis leading up to the due date for the entire portfolio. To earn the rewrite option, poems must be turned in, typed, by the due date. They can be turned in the next day, typed, for full credit, but no rewrite option.

 

Cover Page ___ / 3

  • Illustration
  • Heading
  • Creative Title

 

I) Table of Contents ____ / 2

  • Contents listed alphabetically
  • Types of poems listed
  • Titles in quotation marks " "

  

II) 10 Original Poems

 

   A. Introduction Poem ___ / 10

·         I am (first name)(last name).

·         4 truthful statements about yourself and 4 lies

 

   B.  Bio Poem ____ / 10    

     (11-14 lines)

     Line 1:  Your first name

     Line 2:  Four descriptive traits

     Line 3:  Sibling of…

     Line 4:  Lover of…

     Line 5:  Who feels…

     Line 6:  Who needs…

     Line 7:  Who gives…

     Line 8:  Who fears…

     Line 9:  Who would like to see…

     Line 10: Resident of…

     Line 11: Your last name

 

   C.   Diamante ____ 10

    (7 lines)
     Line 1:  subject-one noun
     Line 2:  2 adj.describing subj.

     Line 3:  3 (-ing) words about subj.

     Line 4:  4 nouns - 2 subj. 2 opp.

     Line 5:  3 (-ing) words about opp.

     Line 6:  2 adj.describing opp.

     Line 7:  opposite of subj.-one noun

 

   D.   Number Poem ____ / 10

·         number - will determine the number of syllables per line

·         at least 6 lines

·         zeroes (0) count as ten (10)

 

   E.    Imagery Poem _____ / 10

     (sound, touch, smell, taste, sight, feel)

 

   F.    Cinquain _____ / 10

     (2-4-6-8-2)

 

   G.   Circle Poem _____ / 10

 

   H.   Rhymed Visual Image Poem _____ / 10

     ·         everyday object

·         four lines

·         rhyme scheme aabb or abab

 

   I.     Italian Sonnet Poem_______/ 10

  • eight lines, rhyme scheme abbaabba,
  • six lines, rhyme scheme cdecde. 

   J.     Free Verse Poem _____ / 10

 

 

III) My Favorite Poem _____ / 5

·         Title and Author of Poem

·         Copy of Complete Poem

 

IV) Extra Credit  _____ /1 point for each poem recited

TOTAL _____ / 105 =







Tom Harmon
River Trails District 26
1000 Wolf Road
Mount Prospect, IL
60056