- Username
- Password
forgot?

iRubric: Creating Your Own Sonnet rubric

edit print share Copy to my rubrics Bookmark test run assess... delete Do more...
Creating Your Own Sonnet Creating Your Own Sonnet Create a Shakespearean Style Sonnet Rubric Code: H54A54 By ecstark Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Assignment Grade Levels: (none)

Creating a Sonnet
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Central Idea or Image Main focus of poem	Poor No central idea/image present.	Fair Central idea/image is difficult to identify and/or changes throughout the piece	Good Central idea/image easy to identify and constant throughout the piece	Excellent Central Idea/image appeals to the emotions and/or intellect and are appropriate for the sonnet's style
Written in Iambic Pentameter Unstressed-stressed pattern, with 10 syllables to a line	Poor Not written in iambic pentameter.	Fair Written in iambic pentameter with mistakes in each stanza.	Good Written in iambic pentameter with one or two problems with syllables or unstressed-stressed pattern.	Excellent Written in perfect iambic pentameter
Appropriate Format 3 stanzas with 4 lines each, 1 stanza with 2 lines	Poor Written with over four too many or few lines.	Fair Written with three or four too many or few lines.	Good Written with one or two too many or few lines.	Excellent Written in proper format.
Uses literary devices: figurative language --i.e. imagery, similes, metaphors, etc.	Poor No use of literary devices.	Fair Literary devices are few and weak.	Good Literary devices are evident and purposeful.	Excellent Literary devices are varied and very effective.
Appropriate Rhyme Scheme ABAB format	Poor No rhyme scheme is used.	Fair Rhyme scheme is scattered or rhymed throughout.	Good Rhyme scheme is used with few mistakes.	Excellent Proper rhyme scheme is used.
Effective Reading presentation	Poor Student read directly off paper with no emotion.	Fair Student made attempt to present poem, yet with limited emotion.	Good Student makes great eye contact, but needs improvement with emotions.	Excellent Student effectively engaged the class while expressing emotion/tone of the poem.
Spelling and Grammar	Poor Over 5 spelling or grammar mistakes	Fair Four to five spelling or grammar mistakes.	Good One to three spelling or grammar mistakes.	Excellent No spelling or grammar mistakes.