11th grade Poetry Project Instructions DISCUSSED ON JANUARY 31, 19

THIS PROJECT WILL MAINLY BE DONE IN THE CLASSROOM—NO COMPUTER

I. Each Friday we will be working with a different type of poem (making the first draft) that will later be
included in the project along with the FINAL draft of the project.
II. Each poem will be worth 15 points
a. 5 points for the final draft
b. 5 points for following instructions
c. 5 points for including the 1st draft with teacher’s signature
III. The first draft MUST be done in the classroom and have the teacher’s signature.
IV. The Due date for this project will be March 18, 2019. NO PROJECTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER
THIS DATE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

 Each Friday you will need to bring to the classroom the following materials:
o Computer paper (white or any color you wish – except neon!!
o Colored pencils, markers, crayons
 The poems we will be including in the project are:
o Acrostic poem
o Concrete poem
o Cinquain poem
o I am poem
o Color poetry
o Bio poem
o Simile and Metaphor poem
 The following is the rubric that will be used to evaluate you. You should cut it and pasted on the last page
of your project.

NUMBER OF PAGES INCLUDED IN PROJECT:

ACROSTIC ACROSTIC CONCRETE CINQUAIN POEM

POEM POEM CONCRETE POEM
POEM (FINAL DRAFT)
POETRY PROJECT
(FINAL DRAFT) 1st draft (with 1st DRAFT
teacher signature) (FINAL DRAFT ) (with teacher
signature)

CINQUAIN POEM ABC POEM ABC POEM COLOR POETRY COLOR BIO POEM
POETRY
1st draft (with teacher (FINAL DRAFT) 1st draft (with (FINAL DRAFT) (FINAL DRAFT)
signature) teacher signature) 1st draft (with
teacher
signature)

NAME _____________________________________ GROUP

______________________

Maximum Student’s
Items Description points total

BIO POEM SIMILE AND SIMILE AND

Cover Page Name/title/Class 10
information

METAPHOR POEM METAPHOR POEM Grammar/Punctuation/

Syntax
1 point will be
subtracted for every
20

1st draft (with teacher

2 errors

signature) (FINAL DRAFT) 1st draft (with teacher Poems Final Draft 70

signature) Poems 1st Draft (signed by

teacher)
35

*No points will be

given if it doesn’t
have the signature

Neatness and Cleanness/ Student uses his/her 15

Creativeness imagination to do
the poems. Turns in
a decent project.

Total Complete Project 150

Although no
On time projects will be -15 per day
accepted after due
date, if you have a
reasonable excuse
teacher will take the
project but points
will be deducted.
NAME _____________________________________ GROUP ______________________
Maximum Student’s
Items Description points total

Cover Page Name/title/Class information 10

Grammar/Punctuation/ 1 point will be subtracted for 20

Syntax every 2 errors

Poems Final Draft 70

Poems 1st Draft (signed by teacher) 35

*No points will be given if it
doesn’t have the signature

Neatness and Cleanness/ Student uses his/her 15

Creativeness imagination to do the poems.
Turns in a decent project.

Total Complete Project 150

Although no projects will be

On time accepted after due date, if -15 per day
you have a reasonable excuse
teacher will take the project
but points will be deducted.