Poetry

Characteristics
Participation

Rubric
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Plays an active role in Plays an active role in Contributes to class Rarely contributes to class class discussions. Shows class discussions most of thediscussions occasionally. discussions. Shows little to focus on the topic and time. Shows focus on the Shows some focus on the no focus on the topic and always respects teacher and topic most of the time and topic most of the time and rarely respects the teacher fellow classmates when they usually respects the teacher respects the teacher and and fellow classmates when are teaching/talking. and fellow classmates when fellow classmates when they they are teaching/talking. they are teaching/talking. are teaching/talking every once in a while.

Understanding

Student expresses understanding of every concept through all worksheets, individual activities, small group activities, and full classwork.

Student expresses Student expresses some understanding of every understanding in some of concept through most the concepts through a few worksheets, most individual of their worksheets, some activities, most small group individual activities, some activities, and most full small group activities, and classwork. some full classwork.

Student expresses little understanding in any of the concepts. Student is unable to complete individual, small group, and full classwork activities to the full extent.

Individual Work

Student fully completes all Student mostly completes individual work in an all individual work in a entirely correct way through mostly correct way through all worksheets, projects, and most worksheets, projects, final quiz. and final quiz.

Student somewhat completes individual work in an occasionally correct way through worksheets, projects, and final quiz.

Student is unable to complete individual work in any correct way through their worksheets, projects, and final quiz.

Final Poem Reading

In their final poem In their final poem In their final poem In their final poem reading, the student reading, the student works reading, the student works reading, the student fails to cooperates with their small well with their small group with their small group work cooperatively with group excellently. The for the most part. The poorly. The student is their small group. The student is able to read the student is somewhat able to unable to complete all of the student fails to read the poem, write what they think read the poem, write what following tasks: read the poem, write what they think the meaning of the poem is, they think the meaning of poem, write what you think the poem means, and and identify the techniques the poem is, and identify the the poem means, and identify techniques used in the poem techniques. identify the techniques. correctly. excellently.