Poetry Performance Rubric

Component 5 3 1

Projection You use volume to Your volume is It is difficult to

engage your audience appropriate most of hear your at all.
and stress important the time.
points.

Inflection You use voice to You appropriately Your voice sounds

engage your audience balance inflection lifeless and
and stress important and flatness. robotic; you do
points; you sound not use inflection.
natural.

Pacing You use pacing to You rush once or You rush through
engage your audience twice but mostly your presentation.
and stress important speak at an
points. appropriate rate.

Eye Contact You often look at your You make a few You read your
audience, scanning attempts to look at notes the entire
regularly; you make or scan your time.
consistent eye contact audience.
throughout.

Stance Your stance is You fidgeting a Your stance and/or

confident, fidget-free; little, but it does not excessive
you use gestures to distract your fidgeting distracts
engage your audience audience. the audience from
and stress important your content.
points.

Vocalized Pauses You do not make any You make 6-9 You make 15+
noticeable vocalized vocalized pauses. vocalized pauses.
pauses.

Source: http://sites.saschina.org/mbradshaw/page/34/
Poetry Writing Rubric

Component 4- Exceeds 3- Meets 2- Approaching 1- Developing

Expectations Expectations Expectations

Use of Uses rich and Appropriate Expresses Imprecise or

Language imaginative choice of thoughts inappropriate
language language marginally choice of words

Punctuation Enhances Meaningful Some Arbitrary or

conveyance of throughout meaningful nonexistent
thoughts and punctuation punctuation.
images

Sensory Images Vivid, detailed Clear use of Some use of No use of

images and sensory imagery sensory imagery sensory imagery
intensely felt to convey
emotion emotion

Ability to Captivates and Well-focused Some focus, but Unfocused;

Captivate involved reader and interests lacks continuity author seems
Reader deeply reader unsure of
throughout direction

Source: http://www.andistix.com/creating_rubrics-through_negotiable_contracting_and_assessment