Poetry Performance Rubric

Poetry Performance Rubric Category 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point 1. Volume Can be heard clearly Can be heard Difficult to hear. Lassie loves the performance, the whole time. clearly most of but the humans in the (# of Points): __ the time. classroom cannot hear a word.

2. Eye Contact Looks at different Looks at the same Rarely looks at the Is convinced the poem’s people at different people the entire audience lines are written on the (# of Points): __ times time. ceiling tiles – which tile is it?!

3. Speed Never too fast or too Sometimes too Often too fast or Mistakes a poetry slow. fast or too slow. too slow. performance for either a NASCAR rally or a Pauses at Pauses at a few Pauses at a lot of gathering of three-toed appropriate places. inappropriate inappropriate sloths (# of Points): __ places. places. 4. Expression Changes vocal and Changes vocal and Rarely changes Does a spot-on imitation of facial expressions in facial expressions, vocal or facial Ben Stein in Ferris a way that matches but not in a way expressions. Bueller’s Day Off the tone of the that matches the ( = Monotone the entire (# of Points): __ poem. tone of the poem. time)

5. Does not have to Has to look down at Has to look down at Reads the whole poem from Memorization look down at the the poem once or the poem more than the sheet poem twice twice

(# of Points): __ 6. Poetic tools Two examples of One example of a No examples of poetic tools poetic tools are poetic tool is are underlined. underlined. underlined.

Total # of Points X 4 (+ 4) Extra Credit __ Final Score __ ___