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Acrostic Poems Ancient Egypt Acrostic Poems The acrostic poem will be graded on creativity, spelling, and completion. Students were to create an acrostic poem for the key term on project handout. The poems must reflect the definition for the term or explain the person. Rubric Code: EXA625B By BPatter Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Project Grade Levels: 6-8

Acrostic Poem
	Fair (N/A)	Good (N/A)	Excellent (N/A)
Format	Fair Formed by writing a word vertically down the page. One letter per line except three or more lines.	Good Formed by writing a word vertically down the page except two lines.	Excellent Formed by writing a word vertically down the page. One letter per line.
Capitalization	Fair Three or more letters not capitalized in the topic going vertically down the page.	Good Two letters not capitalized in the topic going vertically down the page.	Excellent All capital letters in the topic going vertically down the page.
Focus on topic	Fair Each line of poem except three or more lines, began with the letter on that line and pertained to the topic OR is contained in the line bolded and part of a word that is on topic.	Good Each line of poem except two lines, began with the letter on that line and pertained to the topic OR was contained in the line bolded and part of a word that is on topic.	Excellent Each line of poem began with the letter on that line and pertained to the topic, OR is contained in the line bolded and part of a word that is on topic.
Creativity and Effort	Fair Student has shown zero effort and creativity in writing the acrostic poem. (single words only, no real connection between words chosen)	Good Student has shown little creativity in writing the acrostic poem. (some phrases used, 1 or 2 connections between words & phrases chosen)	Excellent Student has shown much creativity and effort in the acrostic poem. (Mixture of single words & phrases that link ideas together from top to bottom.)