8th grade English Name: Ms. Barth Section: Date:

Poetry Recitation Rubric (25 points)

D range (below) C range (17.5 to 20 pts) B range (20-22.5 pts) A range (22.5-25 pts)

• Student is hard to understand and has to be asked to repeat himself/herself.

• Student is monotone and shows no purpose or feeling.

• Student does not understand the poem and cannot communicate meaning.

• Student clearly does not know the words of the poem.

• Student cannot continue after being prompted.

• Student has clearly not practiced the poem.

• Student speaks quietly and is sometimes hard to hear and understand.

• Student does not really convey any purpose or feeling.

• Student does not seem to understand the meaning of the poem and/or is not able to communicate it.

• Student stumbles multiple times and makes multiple errors.

• Student struggles to continue after being prompted.

• Student is generally not confident and is definitely uncomfortable.

• Student for the most part speaks loudly and enunciates clearly.

• Student for the most part speaks with purpose and feeling.

• Student seems to understand the meaning of the poem and is able to communicate it.

• Student makes a few small errors in the words of the poem.

• Student needs to be prompted only once or twice.

• Student seems a little uncomfortable and doesn’t seem to have much confidence in his/her ability to recite the poem.

• Student speaks loudly and enunciates clearly.

• Student pronounces every word correctly.

• Student speaks with purpose and feeling.

• Student knows every word of the poem precisely.

• Student does not need to be prompted at all.

• Student has clearly practiced reciting the poem and is comfortable and confident.

• Student performs rather than just recites the poem.

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