POETRY RUBRIC

Name: _____________ Date: __________________

Yes

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Title that grabs the reader’s attention

Beginning interests the reader to read on

Put your feelings in your poem so people know that you are in the poem

Plays around with print to make it more exciting and easier to understand for the reader. May use:

Conversation Bold Caps Punctuation

Uses creative word choice

Ending wraps up the poem so the reader isn’t left hanging

Line breaks and spacing make poem look and sound like a poem

Publishes with perfect conventions Spelling Punctuation Grammar

Writes expected amount of poems on time

POETRY RUBRIC