WRITESHOP 1:

POEM WRITING

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(Student)
 Guidelines to be followed in the Writeshop
1. Follow the directions.
2. Poems MUST be original.
3. Plagiarism is extremely prohibited.
4. Poems should adhere to the elements of poetry and its form.
5. Topics of subjects of poem can be anything under the sun.
6. Submit your outputs on time.

INSTRUCTIONS: Write poems applying the various elements and literary devices exploring
innovative techniques. Write your output on a separate sheet of paper preferably WHITE pad paper
or long bond paper.

1. Free Verse
2. Metered Poem Any length
3. Acrostic Poem
4. Haiku
5. Limerick Quatrain
6. Quatrain
7. Cinquain

CRITERIA FOR SCORING

Six-Traits Writing Rubric for Poetry

Poet Laureate Poet Laureate Jr. Poet Cum laude Developing Poet Emerging Poet Beginning Poet TOTAL
Criteria
6 5 4 3 2 1 POINTS

Idea & Content Main idea needs

Focused and Clear thesis, Evident main Main idea lost
✯ main theme vague or too Lacks central
engaging thesis, interesting ideas thesis, well in irrelevant
✯ complementary many themes thesis or idea
strong and artful. and detail rounded detail detail
details compete
Creative; follows
Organization is Structure does
Organization poetic style that Strong structure Structure detracts No identifiable
appropriate and not show
✯ structure compliments and poetic style from content structure
conventional organization
thesis
Voice Well-suited voice Voice has Writer shows Emotion and tone Tone is uncertain No discernible
✯ tone supports thesis, consistent tone & tone vague and needs and not voice or tone,
✯ emotion strong emotions emotion and emotion work focused impersonal
Highly crafted Phrases and
Word Choice Some words Imprecise Words have no
for words Word choice
weak, some language and clear message,
✯ rhyme effective word lead reader on, shows mastery of
words disrupt halting phrases reader
✯ imagery choice, powerful carefully com- language
rhythm needs fixing struggles
verbs and nouns posed
Consistently
Sentence Fluency Occasional 3 or more
crafted for Smooth phrasing Confusing flow Can be read
transition awkward
✯ rhythm perfect and rhythm causes need for only by mentally
problems, mostly rhythms
✯ flow flow and/or for enhances reading re-reading editing
readable affects reading,
poetic license,
Conventions Convention rules Numerous
Convention rules A couple of Three or more
✯ spelling followed or bent Limited control errors distract
understood and spelling or problems with
✯ punctuation to reinforce total of Conventions from your
followed grammar errors conventions
✯ grammar effect effort
Adapted from http://www.danesorensen.com/sod/Poetry%20Rubric.pdf
 Name of Student

POEM WRITING SCORE SHEET

CRITERIA
POEM Idea & Word Sentence Score
Organization Voice Conventions
Content Choice Fluency
Free Verse

Metered Poem

Acrostic
Poem

Haiku

Limerick

Quatrain

Cinquain

TOTAL SCORE

GILLIAN MEI M. SANCHEZ

Subject Teacher