B2+Poetry+Types+and+Scoring+Standards


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 * **Presentation** || **Recited from memory using a** **strong voice, eye contact, appropriate pace and gestures, not fidgeting, with good oral expression, obviously well rehearsed** || **Read with a clear voice, eye contact, appropriate pace, not fidgeting, with oral good expression, rehearsed** || **Read but at times difficult to hear, some eye contact, some good pacing, some fidgeting or leaning, and some good expression, some rehearsal** || **Read but difficult to hear, little eye contact, poorly paced pace, fidgeting or leaning, without expression, little rehearsal** || **read poorly with no preparation evident** ||
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 * ** Clear Descriptions ** || ** Uses exceptionally strong descriptive words ** (adjectives and adverbs) and exceptionally strong word images (sight, smell, taste, sound, and touch) that engage the reader through the whole poem || Uses **strong descriptive words** (adjectives and adverbs) and strong word images (sight, smell, taste, sound, and touch) that engage the reader through the whole poem || Uses **descriptive words** (adjectives and adverbs) and word images (sight, smell, taste, sound, and touch) that engage the reader through most of the poem. || Uses **some descriptive words** (adjectives and adverbs) and some word images (sight, smell, taste, sound, and touch) that engage the reader through some of the poem. || Uses **few descriptive words** (adjectives and adverbs) and few word images (sight, smell, taste, sound, and touch), not very engaging || Uses **no descriptive words** or word images, not engaging ||
 * ** Figurative Language ** || ** Two or more ** **strong original** examples of F.L. in each stanza || ** 2 ** **original** examples per stanza (Alliteration, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Idiom, Oxymoron, Hyperbole) or one very strong example || ** 2 ** **common** examples per stanza (Alliteration, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Idiom, Oxymoron, Hyperbole) or not a very strong example || ** 1 common ** example per stanza (Alliteration, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Idiom, Oxymoron, Hyperbole) or not a very strong example || ** Fewer than 1example ** per stanza (Alliteration, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Idiom, Oxymoron, Hyperbole) or not a very strong example || Figurative Language not evident ||
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 * ** Followed Form ** || Used a poetry form not discussed in class and followed the form correctly || Poetry form was followed exactly || Poetry form was followed somewhat incorrectly || Poetry form was followed poorly ||  ||   ||
 * ** Publication ** || Beautifully written or printed in ink with no spelling or punctuation errors and includes an original title and illustration. Easy to read and exceptionally eye catching. || Beautifully written or printed in ink with very few spelling or punctuation errors. Easy to read and eye catching. || Beautifully written in pencil or printed and has some spelling or punctuation errors. Readable but not very eye catching display. || Written in pencil or printed and has many spelling or punctuation errors. Messy, difficult to read and not eye catching. ||  ||   ||
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 * POETRY FORMS WE ARE INTERESTED IN: **

__**Haiku**__
 * Definition:** A Japanese form of poetry mostly about nature. This form of poetry has 3 lines. The first line contains 5 or 3 syllables, the second line has 7, and the third line has 5.

__Night and Day__ The stars are shinning They will shimmer and they'll glow Until the sun shines ~Mattie M.
 * Examples:**

__**Imagery Poems**__
 * Definition:** An imagery poem has a lot of descriptions so that the reader can see the setting of the poem.

I took a walk __around the world__ to Ease my troubled mind I left my __body laying__ somewhere In the __sands of time__ I watched the world float to the __dark__ __Side of the moon__ I feel there is nothing I can do --"Kryptonite" by Three Doors Down
 * Example:**

**__Limericks__** Definition: A limerick is a poem that is short and humorous. The first, second, and last lines rhyme, and the third and fourth lines rhyme. Lines 1, 2, and 5 have 7-10 syllables each, and lines 3 and 4 have 5-7 syllables each,

There was an Old Man with a gong, Who bumped it all day long, But they called out "O law! You're a horrid old bore!" So they smashed that old man with a gong.
 * Example:**

__**Rhyme**__
 * Definition**: Close similarity in sound between words or the endings of them

The weather was cold the snow was bold so it falls it formed a wall around our house as still as a mouse -Jeffrey
 * Example:**

**__Palindrome__**
 * Definition**: A type of poem in which it can be read both forwards and backwards and either way still makes sense

Darkness, then light memories are dismay, delight This is life, One step forward and a backward stride
 * Example:**

One step forward and a backward stride this is life dismay, delight memories are darkness, then light -Jeffrey

**__Concrete Poems__**
 * Definition**: A poem written in a shape

Pencil You sit in my pencil case I bring you to school. When you get blunt I sharpen you up. You work with the rubber. You will soon get replaced by the computer Ha Ha Bye Bye

**__Acrostic__**
 * Definition**: An acrostic poem is taking a word or two words and writing it vertically. Now write a sentence across for each letter of the word or words that you wrote

Seeds begin to grow Purples and yellows and greens Rain comes down to water new plants I see inch worms and butterflies and baby animals Nesting in the trees Gathering twigs and leaves By: L. Dispenza
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