Assignment poetry Ashworth College Community
Part 1: Worth 50 Points
Choose one of the poems you read in this lesson. Write a paragraph explaining the meaning of the poem. Make sure to answer the following questions:
- What is the tone of the poem?
- What types of figurative language was used?
Part 2: Worth 50 Points
Choose one of the poems from this lesson, and re-write it using the language of today.
| CATEGORY | 25 | 20-24 | 10–19 | 0-9 |
| Quality of Information | All topics are addressed. Each statement includes supporting details and/or examples. | All topics are addressed. Some supporting details are given. | Not all topics are covered. No details and/or examples are given. | Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic. Few or none of the topics are covered. |
| Mechanics | No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. | Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors | A few grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors. | Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. |
| Part II: Worth 50 points. | ||||
| CATEGORY | 50 | 26-49 | 11–25 | 0–10 |
| Rewrite | Rewrite shows the student’s understanding of the themes and ideas of original poem. Rewrite is unique (i.e. not identical to original). | Rewrite shows an adequate understanding of themes and ideas. Rewrite is unique. | Rewrite shows vague understanding of poem and is mostly unique. | Rewrite is the same or very similar to the original poem. Or rewrite is not related to any poems from lesson 3. Or rewrite is absent. |
