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Poetry Recitation Performance Rubric

This rubric outlines the requirements and evaluation criteria for a poetry recitation assignment. Students must choose a poem with at least 10 lines, recite it from memory, and submit the rubric and a copy of the poem. They will be assessed on their posture, eye contact, voice and articulation, memory accuracy, meeting basic requirements, and use of expression to engage the audience. The highest scores are for fully meeting all criteria in a confident and engaging performance.
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Poetry Recitation Performance Rubric

This rubric outlines the requirements and evaluation criteria for a poetry recitation assignment. Students must choose a poem with at least 10 lines, recite it from memory, and submit the rubric and a copy of the poem. They will be assessed on their posture, eye contact, voice and articulation, memory accuracy, meeting basic requirements, and use of expression to engage the audience. The highest scores are for fully meeting all criteria in a confident and engaging performance.
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Name: _____________________________________________

Poetry Reading Rubric

● Your task is to recite a poem, from memory, to the class on __________________________________________

● Choose a poem with at least ten lines

● Choose a poem that is appropriate for school

● Submit this rubric along with a handwritten or typed copy of the poem when you present

Poem Title: _________________________________________________________ Poet: ___________________________________________

Excellent Good Needs Improvement


4 3 2
Posture and Eye Uses posture Sometimes stands up Slouches and/or does
Contact appropriate for the straight and not look at or try to
poem, looks relaxed establishes eye involve audience
and confident. Establishes contact. during presentation.
and maintains eye contact
with the audience during
the presentation.
Voice and Volume is loud enough to Volume is usually loud Volume too soft or
Articulation be heard by all audience enough to be heard by speaker mumbles.
members. Performer is all audience members. Audience often has
easily understood by the Performer is usually trouble understanding.
audience. understood by the
audience.
Memory/ No errors Minimal or minor errors Numerous errors
Accuracy
Basic Does all of the following: Does at least 2 of the Does 0-1 of the
Requirements States the poem’s title and following: following:
author; Recites at least ten States the poem’s title States the poem’s title
lines of poetry and author; Recites at and author; Recites at
least ten lines of poetry least ten lines of poetry
Presentation Performer uses consistent Performer tries to use Performer recites the
voice inflection, facial voice inflection, facial poem, but does not
expressions, and expressions, and use voice inflection,
movement to make the movement to make the facial expressions, or
poem more believable, poem more believable, movement to make the
more entertaining, and more entertaining, and poem more believable,
more easily understood. more easily understood. interesting, or clear.

Score: ______________

Name: _____________________________________________ 
 
Poetry Reading Rubric 
 
●Your task is to recite a poem, from memory,

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