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Acrostic Poem Acrostic Poem Students will create their own personal acrostic poem using the name of a Greek god or goddess. The students will create the poem, copy the poem neatly onto lined paper, and glue their poem to construction paper. Students must add an illustration to the poem. They must use and cite at least two reference sources Rubric Code: TX3254X By sophiamic Ready to use Private Rubric Subject: History Type: Assignment Grade Levels: 6-8

Acrostic Poem-Gods & Goddesses
	3 pts	2 pts	1 pts	0 0 pts
Form/Appearance	3 Very neat and visually attractive appearance. Poem has both proper spacing and proper alignment on paper. Includes good illustration.	2 Partially neat and/or partially visually attractive appearance. Poem either has proper spacing or proper alignment on paper. Includes fair illustration.	1 Not neat and/or no visually attractive appearance. Poem is not spaced and/or written on the paper correctly. Includes poor illustration.	0 Very sloppy and visually unattractive appearance. Poem is incomplete. No illustration included.
Word Usage/Mechanics	3 Student has 0 misspelled words. Student has no grammatical errors.	2 Student has 2-3 words misspelled. Student has 1-2 grammatical errors.	1 Student has 4-5 words misspelled. Student has 3-4 grammatical errors.	0 Student has 6 or more words misspelled. Student has 5 or more grammatical errors.
Directions	3 Student followed all of the directions.	2 Student followed most of the directions.	1 Student did not follow directions.	0 Student followed none of the directions.
Detail/Creativity/Accuracy	3 Words are creative and accurately describe personality and characteristics of Greek god or goddess.	2 At least 3/4 of the words accurately describe personality and characteristics of Greek god or goddess. Words are partly creative.	1 At least 1/2 of the words accurately describe personality and characteristics of Greek god or goddess. Words are somewhat creative.	0 Words don't describe personality and characteristics of Greek god or goddess. Information about the Greek god or goddess is inaccurate. Words are not creative.