Rubric

//Ask yourself the following questions when self-evaluating or peer-reviewing. The rubric, which you will find below, is based on these categories.//

1. Specificity

Has the poet chosen a specific topic? Have they narrowed their focus to capture the essence of a specific scene, moment, person/pet, object, or feeling? In general, does the poet draw the reader in using specific, sensory details?

2. Figurative Language

Has the poet successfully incorporated figurative language (metaphors, similes, personification, etc.) into his/her poem? Are their images and comparisons vivid, original, and meaningful? Do they give the reader a clear and deep picture of what is being described?

3. Word Choice

Has the poet chosen the BEST words for their poem? Are the verbs and adjectives well-chosen for their sound and meaning? Do they create strong and precise images? Are the words fresh and original (as opposed to tired and overused)?

4. Writing Process

Has the poet shown a willingness to add new ideas to original drafts? Has the poet made efforts to revise, improve upon, and experiment with the form and content of their work?

RUBRIC FOR POETRY SUBMISSIONS:


 * CATEGORY  || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 ||
 * Specificity || Topic is very specific. The poet aims to capture a scene, a moment, an event, a person, a place, or a thing, and does so with as much specific detail as possible. || Topic is specific. The poet aims to capture their topic, but lacks specific detail. || Topic is general or specific. The poet describes it in mostly general terms. || The poem has no discernible topic. ||
 * Figurative Language || The poet successfully incorporates elements of figurative language (metaphors, similes, and personification) in his/her poem. His/her comparisons are vivid, meaningful, and original, and give the reader a clear picture of what is being described. || The poet incorporates elements of figurative language in his/her poem with some success. His/her comparisons are not always clear or original, but give the reader an idea of what is being described. || The poet incorporates elements of figurative language in his/her poem unsuccessfully. Any comparisons made are either unclear or expressed in purely literal terms (i.e., my house is like my shelter). || The poet does not incorporate figurative language into his/her poem. ||
 * Word Choice || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The poet has consistently made strong, purposeful word choices. Verbs, adjectives, and nouns help to create strong and precise images, and have been well-chosen for both their sound and descriptive qualities || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The poet has made some strong, purposeful word choices. Some verbs, adjectives, and nouns help to create strong and precise images. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The poet has made few strong, purposeful word choices. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Word choice is generic and bland. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Revisions || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The poet has provided evidence of strong effort to revise, improve upon, and experiment with the form and content of their work. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The poet has provided evidence of some effort to revise, improve upon, and experiment with the form and content of their work. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The poet has provided evidence of little effort to revise, improve upon, and experiment with the form and content of their work. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The poet has provided no evidence of his/her efforts to revise, improve upon, and experiment with the form and content of their work. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Mechanics || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The poem flows smoothly and follows some logic. The final draft is free of mechanical errors (spelling, grammar, etc.). || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The poem flows smoothly and follows some logic. The final draft contains some mechanical errors. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The poem is somewhat disjointed and difficult to understand. OR The poem contains many mechanical errors. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The poem has no discernible meaning or logic. OR The poem contains too many mechanical errors to be understood. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Completeness ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">All elements (pre-writing, first draft, final draft, + any alternate versions or evidence of revisions) are included. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Elements missing. ||

<span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: -40px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 5929px; width: 1px;"> Self-Evaluation Score: Final Grade: Comments:
 * || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">** <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Poetry Submission **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> --- Student Name: ______________________  ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">CATEGORY  || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">3  || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">2  || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">1  || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">0  ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Specificity || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Topic is very specific. The poet aims to capture a scene, a moment, an event, a person, a place, or a thing, and does so with as much specific detail as possible.  || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Topic is specific. The poet aims to capture their topic, but lacks specific detail.  || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Topic is general or specific. The poet describes it in mostly general terms.  || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">The poem has no discernible topic.  ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Figurative Language || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">The poet successfully incorporates elements of figurative language (metaphors, similes, and personification) in his/her poem. His/her comparisons are vivid, meaningful, and original, and give the reader a clear picture of what is being described.  || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">The poet incorporates elements of figurative language in his/her poem with some success. His/her comparisons are not always clear or original, but give the reader an idea of what is being described.  || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">The poet incorporates elements of figurative language in his/her poem unsuccessfully. Any comparisons made are either unclear or expressed in purely literal terms (i.e., my house is like my shelter).  || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">The poet does not incorporate figurative language into his/her poem.  ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Word Choice || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">The poet has consistently made strong, purposeful word choices. Verbs, adjectives, and nouns help to create strong and precise images, and have been well-chosen for both their sound and descriptive qualities  || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">The poet has made some strong, purposeful word choices. Some verbs, adjectives, and nouns help to create strong and precise images.  || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">The poet has made few strong, purposeful word choices.  || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Word choice is generic and bland.  ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Revisions || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">The poet has provided evidence of strong effort to revise, improve upon, and experiment with the form and content of their work.  || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">The poet has provided evidence of some effort to revise, improve upon, and experiment with the form and content of their work.  || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">The poet has provided evidence of little effort to revise, improve upon, and experiment with the form and content of their work.  || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">The poet has provided no evidence of his/her efforts to revise, improve upon, and experiment with the form and content of their work.  ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Mechanics || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">The poem flows smoothly and follows some logic. The final draft is free of mechanical errors (spelling, grammar, etc.).  || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">The poem flows smoothly and follows some logic. The final draft contains some mechanical errors.  || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">The poem is somewhat disjointed and difficult to understand. OR The poem contains many mechanical errors.  || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">The poem has no discernible meaning or logic. OR The poem contains too many mechanical errors to be understood.  ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Completeness ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">All elements (pre-writing, first draft, final draft, + any alternate versions or evidence of revisions) are included.  || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Elements missing.  ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Completeness ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">All elements (pre-writing, first draft, final draft, + any alternate versions or evidence of revisions) are included.  || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Elements missing.  ||