Name:___________________

Found Poetry Self Assessment

Total: ______/15 marks

Neatness and
Presentation

Exceptional
5

Very Good
4

The final draft

of the poem is
exceptionally
attractive, neat,
readable and
clean.

The final draft

of the poem is
attractive, neat,
readable, and
clean. It may
have minor
issues but
they are not
distracting.

It looks like the

student took
great pride in
it.

Creativity and
Overall Impact

The poem
enables the
reader to see,
hear, feel, or
think about the
subject in a
new way or in
amore potent
way than ever
before.
The student
greatly
experimented
with language
and artistic
visuals.

Elements of
Poetry

Sensory details,
figurative
language, and
poetic devices
are used
effectively
and create
vivid images
that
contribute
significantly
to the
meaning of
the poems.
Word choice is
vivid and

It looks like the

student took
some pride in
it.

The poem
enables the
reader to see,
hear, feel, or
think about the
subject.
The student
experimented
with language
and artistic
visuals.

Sensory details,
figurative
language, and
poetic devices
are used and
contribute to
the meaning
of the poems.
Most word
choices are
precise.

Satisfactory
3
The final draft
of the poem is
sometimes
clean,
attractive,
readable and
neat.
It looks like
parts of it
might have
been done in
a hurry.
The poem
enables the
reader to see,
hear, feel, or
think about the
subject, but this
is
accomplished
through
clichs, wornout images,
or other
predictable
choices.
The student
sometimes
experimented
with language
and artistic
visuals.
Sensory details,
figurative
language, and
poetic devices
may be
overused,
underused, or
inappropriate
to the
subjects; or
they may fail
to add to the
meaning of
the poem.
Word choices
may be vague,

Below Average
2
The final draft
may not be
neat or
attractive.
It looks like the
student just
wanted to get it
done and
didnt care
what it looked
like.

The poems do
not enable the
reader to see,
hear, feel, or
think about the
subject.
The student
rarely
experimented
with language
or artistic
visuals.

There is no use
or
consistently
confusing or
inappropriate
use of
sensory details,
figurative
language, or
poetic devices.
Words may be
misused or
unclear.

Incomplete/Nee
ds Work
1

The student did

not complete a
poem, or the
poems needs a
lot of work.

The student did

not complete a
poem, or the
poems needs a
lot of work.

The student did

not complete a
poem, or the
poems needs a
lot of work.

Name:___________________
exact
throughout.

repetitive, or
imprecise.