Name:

Ms. Gina Justice

English I
Poetry Project
Create a miniature poetry book containing:

-2 poems using images from class (written alone or with partner) with examples of
imagery and figurative language underlined and labeled
-2 Haikus
-Letter poem
-1 song with examples of literary devices underlined and labeled
-Revised paragraph analyzing 1 of the following poems (from previous class
assignment)
“Dream Deferred”
“Dreams”
“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”
“The Eagle”
“Summer”
“Analysis of Baseball”

Requirements:
-Cover/Title page with your name, date, and class period
-Table of Contents
-Each page should be neatly written or typed and illustrated with original drawings,
clip art, magazine clippings etc.

Due:

A: Excellent B: Good C: Satisfactory D: Needs

Improvement
No missing 1 2-4 5 or more
required missing/incomplet missing/incomplet missing/incomplet
components e required e required e required
components components components
Superb Illustrations are Illustrations are Some to all
illustrations that present and present, but lack illustrations are
add to the overall accent the poem direct connection missing
effect of the poem nicely to poem or are
sparse, messy,
etc.
Examples of Most examples of Some examples of Little to no
literary devices are literary devices are literary devices are examples of
underlined and underlined and underlined and literary devices are
labeled labeled labeled underlined and
labeled
Paragraph Paragraph Paragraph Paragraph is
addresses all addresses all addresses most present but
questions and has questions and has questions and answers few
little grammatical many grammatical contains many questions and
mistakes mistakes grammatical contains multiple
mistakes grammatical errors