Poetry Project Booklet Instructions and Rubric

Below are the instructions and rubric for the project.

Instructions:


1. Select 8 of the 17 format poems to incorporate into your book from those that we have covered in class. You will revise and perfect those 8 poems from your notebook prior to putting them into your poetry book.

- Concrete

- Synonym

- Antonym

- “I am…”

- Diamonte

- Cinquain

- Formula

- Sense

- Contrast

- Image

- Object

- ‘Bull Durham Credo’

- Haiku

- Tanka

- Pantoum

- Sestina

- Performance

2. Choose 4 poems from those that we covered in the class. You must write them into your poetry book and then on the next page list examples (for each poem if applicable) of the following figurative language terms: simile, metaphor, allusion, alliteration, consonance, assonance, personification, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, hyperbole, pun, understatement.

3. Locate and include 2 of the following 5 kinds of poetry: ballad, elegy, ode, lyric, and sonnet. You will write out each poem, then following the directions for #2 you will list the types of figurative language used in the poem, and finally you will in one paragraph summarize why you chose that particular poem for your book.

4. Finally, you will take time to embellish your poetry book. While this is not an art class, throughout our poetry unit embellishments that accompanied each poem enhanced the reader’s understanding and appreciation of what they read. Do not use graphics from the computer or other sources such as magazines and books.

5. This handout with its rubric on the back must accompany your poetry project book for grading purposes.



Poetry Project Book Rubric







Student Name: ________________________________________





CATEGORY 40 30 20 10

Requirements All requirements are met and exceeded. All requirements are met. One requirement was not completely met. More than one requirement was not completely met.

Content Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent. Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good. Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors. Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors.

Organization Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material. Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed. Content is logically organized for the most part. There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts.

Originality Product shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are creative and inventive. Product shows some original thought. Work shows new ideas and insights. Uses other people's ideas (giving them credit), but there is little evidence of original thinking. Uses other people's ideas, but does not give them credit.

Attractiveness Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation. Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation. Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content. Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentation content.



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