iRubric: Color Poem (simile and metaphor) rubric

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Color Poem (simile and metaphor) Student needed to use rhyming couplets, descriptive words, and at least 5 similes and/or metaphors to describe 10 colors. Rubric Code: N7X9XW By marystowell Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Assignment Grade Levels: 6-8

Color Poem
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 3 pts	Good 5 pts
Structure	Poor Student didn't use rhyming couplets	Fair Student missed the rhyming pattern for half of the poem	Good Student used couplets for entire poem
Colors	Poor Poem described fewer than 8 colors	Fair Poem described 8-9 colors	Good Poem described 10 colors
Descriptive	Poor Student did not use many adjectives or description to help the reader visualize the subject	Fair Student used a few adjectives and descriptive words to describe the colors	Good Student used many adjectives and descriptive words
Usage of simile/metaphor	Poor Student used less than 3 similes/metaphors	Fair Student used 3-4 similes and metaphors	Good Student used at least 5 metaphors
Thoughtfulness	Poor Poem reflects minimal effort was spent to create it	Fair Poem reflects a good deal of effort was spent to create it	Good Poem reflects a great deal of effort was spent to create it
Creativity	Poor Author included obvious ideas and common descriptive words only.	Fair Author included 1-2 non-obvious ideas in the poem and/or utilized 1-2 uncommon descriptive words	Good Author included 3 or more non-obvious ideas in the poem and/or utilized 3 or more uncommon descriptive words