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English (Poetry): Performance Assessment (25%)
The final assignment for the poetry unit will incorporate and call upon prior knowledge obtained from this course. The assignment consists of three main parts, two of which will be evaluated using the rubric which follows.
They are:
- Which poetic devices have I included?
- What theme have I presented?
- What type of emotive response will this
poem evoke within the readers?
- Have I thoroughly developed my details
and my thoughts?
- Have I followed the appropriate structure?
These and any other thoughts or ideas you may have when developing your poem should be included in your journal. (This will not be evaluated. It is to help with the organization of details, thoughts, etc...).
- Have I developed my poem in a way in which
the audience will understand the structure that I
have used?
- Does the poem catch the attention of the
audience? Will the poem evoke an emotive
response within the audience?
- Are my main ideas/themes clear to the audience?
- Am I speaking clearly? Am I making the proper
adjustments to my tone in order to facilitate this
type of poem?
- Am I responding properly to the poem (emotive
and bodily responses)?
- Have I chosen an effective presentation style?
(Evaluation by Rubric)
Writing and Presenting the Poem
4 POINTS- Excellent
DEVELOPMENT : The Writer...
- consistently develops the ideas into a complete, well developed whole.
- establishes and maintains a clear purpose and focus.
- strong capture of the reader's attention.
- fully develops topic/theme, setting, characters, and/or plot.
- rich, vivid supporting details bring the writing to life.
- brings closure appropriate to the poem.
ORGANIZATION : The writer...
- purposefully organizes ideas.
- ideas consistently organized in a logical poetic order; ie: beginning, middle, end; paragraphs, stanzas, lines, order of importance, time order, place order, etc.
- relevant ideas clearly presented so that the reader/audience can easily follow the writer's thoughts.
- consistently uses transitions to lead the reader/audience from one idea to the next.
- uses appropriate poetic form.
ATTENTION TO AUDIENCE : The writer...
- fully anticipates and answers the audience's needs.
- consistently considers the intended audience.
- consistently engages the audience with interesting writing and/or imaginative ideas.
- maintains a purposeful tone and mood; ie: humorous, playful, happy, sad.
LANGUAGE : The writer...
- consistently uses language choices to enhance the text and in a manner appropriate to poetic form.
- consistently uses figurative language and/or vivid sensory details.
- consistently uses vocabulary appropriate to purpose, audience, and form; e.g. slang, rhyme, etc.
- creates personal style using varied sentence structure and word choice.
- errors in spelling, usage, punctuation, and capitalization are non-existent or few.
3 POINTS- Good
DEVELOPMENT : The writer...
- partially develops the ideas, but the item is not a complete, well-developed whole.
- establishes a purpose and focus.
- captures the reader's attention.
- partially develops a topic/theme, setting, characters, and/or plot.
- provides some supporting details to bring the writing to life.
- brings closure appropriate to the literary poem.
ORGANIZATION : The writer...
- purposefully organizes ideas.
- organizes ideas in a logical poetic structure; ie: beginning, middle, end; time order; etc.
- has relevant ideas presented so that the reader/audience can easily follow the writer's thoughts.
- uses transitions to lead the reader/audience from one idea to the next.
- chooses and maintains appropriate poetic form.
ATTENTION TO AUDIENCE : The writer...
- fully anticipates and answers the audience's needs.
- considers the intended audience.
- engages the audience with interesting writing and/or imaginative details.
- maintains a tone and mood.
LANGUAGE : The writer...
- consistently uses language choices to enhance the text and in a manner appropriate to poetic form.
- uses descriptive language and details.
- uses vocabulary appropriate to purpose, audience, and form; e.g. slang, rhyme, etc.
- creates personal style by use of varied sentence structure and word choice.
- errors in spelling, usage, punctuation, and capitalization, if present, do not interfere with message.
2 POINTS: Fair
DEVELOPMENT : The writer...
- tries to develop the ideas, but the poem is not a well-developed whole and is not complete.
- attempts to establish a purpose and focus.
- attempts to develop topic/theme, characters, setting, and/or plot.
- provides few supporting details.
- attempts to brings closure to the poem.
ORGANIZATION : The writer...
- orders ideas, but there are some interruptions in the flow of the poem.
- attempts to organize in a logical order.
- attempts to present ideas so that the reader/audience can follow the writer's thoughts.
- attempts transitions to lead reader/audience from idea to idea.
- chooses poetic form.
ATTENTION TO AUDIENCE : The writer...
- attempts to anticipate and answer the audience's needs.
- sometimes considers the intended audience.
- attempts tone and mood.
- makes few attempts to engage the audience with interesting writing and/or imaginative details.
LANGUAGE : The writer...
- sometimes uses language choices to enhance the text and in a manner appropriate to poetic form.
- seldom uses figurative language/sensory details.
- sometimes uses vocabulary appropriate to purpose, audience, and form.
- attempts personal style using varied sentence structure and/or word choice.
- errors in spelling, usage, punctuation, and capitalization may interfere with meaning.
1 POINT: Poor
DEVELOPMENT : The writer...
- has not developed the ideas into a complete whole.
- lacks a purpose and focus.
- lacks supporting details.
- does not develop topic/theme, characters, setting, and/or plot.
- does not bring closure.
ORGANIZATION : The writer...
- shows little purposeful ordering of ideas.
- inconsistently organizes ideas.
- randomly presents ideas.
- has few or no transitions to help reader/audience.
- chooses poetic form.
ATTENTION TO AUDIENCE : The writer...
- has not anticipated or answered the audience's needs.
- does not consider the intended audience.
- lacks tone and mood.
- shows no evidence of interesting writing and/or imaginative ideas to engage audience.
LANGUAGE : The writer...
- seldom, if ever, uses language choices to enhance the text and in a manner appropriate to poetic form.
- seldom uses figurative language and/or sensory details.
- seldom uses vocabulary appropriate to purpose, form, and audience.
- does not use varied sentence structure and/or word choice.
- errors in spelling, usage, punctuation, and capitalization, if present, do interfere with message.
