Derdiger

Advanced Writing

Poetry Portfolio Assessment

Now that we’ve spent a good long while learning about poetic forms and writing poetry, you will be editing and turning
in a portfolio of your best work. For this assignment, I will be looking for poetic skills over artistry, as well as your ability
to reflect on your own writing.

You will be turning in:

 A collection of your finest work—edited, revised and polished—comprised of 5 or more poems of your own
creation.
 A 1 page+ artist statement about each of those poems (or 5, if more than 5 are submitted), in which you explain
the purpose/theme of your poem, the stylistic and poetic choices you made in writing them, and discuss your
writing process.

Here’s how you will be graded:

Poems:
_____Poems were carefully constructed and edited (2 pts)
_____Poems used poetic devices as discussed in class (2 pts)
_____At least one poem adhered to a strict poetic form (1 pt)
_____Poems had a clear purpose or theme (2 pt)

Total:______/7

Artist Statements will each be graded on the following rubric and scores will be averaged.

Criteria 3 2
Author’s Purpose Student provided a thorough
or Theme analysis of his/her purpose in
writing the poem OR the
theme addressed within the
poem. S/he cited 3+ pieces of
evidence from the poem to
support the analysis
Author’s Style Student provided a thorough
analysis of his/her stylistic
and poetic choices when
writing the poem. S/he cited
3+ pieces of evidence from
the poem to support the
analysis
Author’s Process Student discussed his/her
writing process in detail,
including drafting and
revising, as well as any
challenges or inspiration that
occurred.
Grammar and No errors in grammar or
Conventions conventions
Total:______/12
Student provided a good
analysis of his/her purpose in
writing the poem OR the
theme addressed within the
poem. S/he cited less than 3
pieces of evidence from the
poem to support the analysis.
Student provided a good
analysis of his/her stylistic
and poetic choices when
writing the poem. S/he cited
less than 3 pieces of evidence
from the poem to support the
analysis.
Student discussed his/her
writing process in detail,
including drafting and
revising.
Errors did not interfere with
clarity
1
Student provided minimal or
vague analysis of his/her
purpose in writing the poem
OR theme addressed within
the poem. No evidence was
given.
Student provided minimal or
vague analysis of his/her
stylistic and poetic choices
when writing the poem. No
evidence was given.
Student provided minimal
discussion of his/her writing
process.
Errors interfered with clarity