Performance Task in English 8 for the Third

Quarter
RUBRIC FOR POETRY WRITING
(GROUP EVALUATION OF OUTPUT)

GROUP NUMBER: _____________ GRADE AND SECTION: ____________________ DATE:

_________________
MEMBERS:
1.___________________________________ 6._________________________________
2.___________________________________ 7._________________________________
3.___________________________________ 8._________________________________
4.___________________________________ 9._________________________________
5.___________________________________ 10.________________________________
NOTE: This rubric will be accomplished by group.

CRITERI EXCELLENT GOOD SATISFACTORY

NEEDS
IMPROVEMENT RATING
A (10) (9) (8)
(5)
CONTENT The entire poem is Most of the poem is Some of the poem is related No attempt has been
(Focus on related to the assigned related to the assigned to the assigned topic, but a made to relate the poem
Assigned topic and allows the topic. The poem wanders reader does not learn much to the assigned topic.
reader to understand off at one point, but the about the topic.
Topic)
much more about the reader can still learn
topic. something about the
topic.

APPLICATION The poem uses 5 to 10 The poem uses 3 to 4 The poem uses 2 modals No modals were used.
OF THE modals appropriately. modals appropriately. appropriately.
LANGUAGE
FOCUS
(Modals)

THE WRITING Student devoted a lot of Student devoted Student devoted some time Student devoted little
PROCESS / time and effort to the adequate time and effort and effort to the writing time and effort to the
EFFORT writing process and to the writing process process but was not very writing process. It
worked hard to make and worked to get the thorough. Does enough to appears that the student
the poem a good read. job done. The poem may get by. There are several does not care about the
The poem has no errors. have one or two errors. errors. assignment. The poem
has many errors.

TITLE The poem has a title The poem has a title that The poem has a title The poem has no title
that clearly relates to relates to the poem
the poem and adds
interest to the theme or
message of the poem

NEATNESS The final draft of the The final draft of the The final draft of the poem The final draft is not neat
poem is readable, clean, poem is readable, neat is readable and some of the or attractive. It looks like
neat and attractive. It is and attractive. It may pages are attractive. It looks the student just wanted
free of erasures and have one or two like parts of it might have to get it done and didn’t
crossed-out words. It erasures, but they are been done in a hurry. care what it looked like.
looks like the author not distracting. It looks
took great pride in it. like the author took
some pride in it.

STYLE The poem is written with The poem is written with The poem is written The poem lacks style
a great sense of style. a defined with style. somewhat with style. and the thoughts did not
The poem has been well Thoughts are clear to Thoughts are clear to a come out clearly on
thought out and makes read and degree. paper.
sense to the reader. understandable.

VOCABULARY The poem is filled with The poem includes many The poem includes some The poem lacks
descriptive vocabulary descriptive elements and descriptive words and description and does not
that appeals to the is appealing. phrases. allow the reader to
reader. visualize the poem.

CREATIVITY The poem contains The poem contains a few The poem contains a few There is little evidence of
many creative details creative details and/or creative details and/or creativity in the poem.
and/or descriptions that descriptions that descriptions, but they The author does not
contribute to the contribute to the distract from the poem. The seem to have used much
reader's enjoyment. The reader's enjoyment. The author has tried to use his imagination.
author has really used author has used his imagination.
his imagination. imagination.

SPELLING There are no spelling or There is one spelling or There are 2-3 spelling and The final output has
AND punctuation errors in the punctuation error in the punctuation errors in the more than 3 spelling and
PUNCTUATIO final output. final output. final output. punctuation errors.
N

TOTAL /
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