Poetry Unit Guidelines

û                   Must write 5 poems of your own using one of the types that we discussed in class.  Poems can be typed using any font or size that you wish.

û                   Must include one poem (in addition to the five you write) written by someone else.  You must write the author’s name with the title of the poem somewhere on the page.

û                   Each page must be illustrated.  DO NOT illustrate each page with pictures from the Internet or Clip Art.  At least four of the poems should be illustrated BY YOU!!!

û                   Must include a cover and back to your book.  Your cover must be illustrated with your own illustrations and include a title.  Also must include a table of contents as the first page.  Simply list your poems and the page number that they can be found on.  Also, this is where you are going to tell me what type of poem it is (ex. Haiku).

û                   The last page in your book should include the following:

Name

Date (Month, Day, and Year)

Teacher’s Name (Mrs. Fuiten)

Year in School

û                   Each of the books will be bound in class, so leave some room on the right margin of your paper so your words or pictures do not get cut off.

û                   Books will be graded on grammatical mistakes, followed directions, creativity, illustrations, and overall effort.

Rubric-100 total points

û       Poems worth 10 points each.  Graded on mistakes, rhyming & rhythm pattern (if applicable), creativity, and that you followed all directions.

(60 points total)

û       Illustrations worth 10 points.  Only two poems can be illustrated with pictures taken from the Internet or Clip Art.  All other poems and the cover must be your own illustrations.

(10 points total)

û       Cover colorfully illustrated and has a creative title

(10 points total)

û       The last page of your book includes all of the appropriate information.

(5 points total)

û       Table of Contents is included with a title, the page number, and type of each poem.  Also, each page is labeled with a number.

(10 points total)

û       Book is bound together correctly and no words or pictures were cut off.

(5 points total)

LATE PROJECTS WILL DEDUCT 2 POINTS PER DAY LATE FROM YOUR FINAL GRADE!!!