Out of the Dust Poem Activity Rubric

Out of the Dust -- Poem Activity Rubric Option 1: (a Dust Bowl poem) Would you have moved to California to escape the Dust Bowl? Option 2: (a personal poem) Using a poem title from Out of the Dust, change the poem's words to fit your life. ______/ 5 pts. Title: descriptive & appropriate (according to poem directions) ______/ 20 pts. Length: 1/2 to 1 ½ pages, single-spaced with a line between stanzas ______/ 20 pts. Content effort: following poem directions, overall idea development, organization, word choice ______/ 7 pts. Style: free verse, inspired by Karen Hesse's Out of the Dust ______/ 36 pts. Highlight & label four different poetic devices: (9 pts. each device = 3 pts. for inclusion, 3 pts. for highlight, 3 pts. for label) white space imagery/sensory language simile metaphor hyperbole repetition alliteration rhyme approximate rhyme assonance personification inversion meter onomatopoeia ______/ 7 pts. Proofreading: mechanics/grammar/spelling ______/ 5 pts. Format: typed in any legible font

______/ 100 PTS. TOTAL

Out of the Dust -- Poem Activity Rubric Option 1: (a Dust Bowl poem) Would you have moved to California to escape the Dust Bowl? Option 2: (a personal poem) Using a poem title from Out of the Dust, change the poem's words to fit your life. ______/ 5 pts. Title: descriptive & appropriate (according to poem directions) ______/ 20 pts. Length: 1/2 to 1 ½ pages, single-spaced with a line between stanzas ______/ 20 pts. Content effort: following poem directions, overall idea development, organization, word choice ______/ 7 pts. Style: free verse, inspired by Karen Hesse's Out of the Dust ______/ 36 pts. Highlight & label four different poetic devices: (9 pts. each device = 3 pts. for inclusion, 3 pts. for highlight, 3 pts. for label) white space imagery/sensory language simile metaphor NCL0607 hyperbole repetition alliteration rhyme approximate rhyme assonance personification inversion meter onomatopoeia ______/ 7 pts. Proofreading: mechanics/grammar/spelling ______/ 5 pts. Format: typed in any legible font

______/ 100 PTS. TOTAL

NCL0607