Performance Assessment Rubric Criteria & Standards

Level
Criteria

Creativity

Follow
Poetry
Directions

Reflection

Excellen
t

Proficie
nt

Adequa
te

Limited
*

Insuffici
ent /
Blank *

Your poem is
somewhat
funny and
somewhat
makes
sense. Your
illustration is
present, but
it is lacking
colour.

Your poem
makes
sense, but it
is not funny.
You have an
illustration
for your
poem, but it
either does
not relate to
your poem
or it is
incomplete.

Your poem
does not
make sense
and is not
funny. There
is no
illustration
for your
poem.

No score is
awarded
because there is
insufficient
evidence of
student
performance
based on the
requirements of
the assessment
task.

Very
creative!
Your ideas
original and
funny. Your
illustration
for your
poem is
colourful.

Your poem
follows all
four rules of
a clerihew. It
is four lines
long, talks
about a
person, lines
1 and 2
rhyme, and
lines 3 and 4
rhyme. You
clarified a
rhyme
scheme in
your
checklist.

You
completed a
selfassessment
of your
clerihew
including a
positive
comment.
You
completed a
checklist of
one other

Your poem
follows three
rules of a
clerihew. You
have a
rhyme
scheme in
your
checklist.
OR
Your poem
follows all
four rules of
a clerihew.
You do not
have a
rhyme
scheme in
your
checklist.
You
completed a
selfassessment
and a
checklist,
but you do
not justify
your opinion.
OR
You

Your poem
follows two
rules of a
clerihew. You
have a
rhyme
scheme in
your
checklist.
OR

Your poem
only follows
one rule of a
clerihew. You
do not have
a rhyme
scheme in
your
checklist.
OR

You did not

complete
your selfassessment.
(Attempt
was made)

Your poem
does not
follow any
rules of a
clerihew. You
have a
rhyme
scheme in
your
checklist.
You did not
complete
your selfassessment.
(Attempt
was made)

OR

AND

You did not

complete a
checklist of
another

You did not

complete a
checklist of
another

Your poem
follows three
rules of a
clerihew. You
do not have
a rhyme
scheme in
your
checklist.

No score is
awarded
because there is
insufficient
evidence of
student
performance
based on the
requirements of
the assessment
task.

No score is
awarded
because there is
insufficient
evidence of
student
performance
based on the
requirements of
the assessment
task.

Presentatio
n

students
poem
including
justifying
why it was
the best in
your opinion
and one
good
comment.

completed a
selfassessment
and a
checklist,
but you did
not provide
one good
comment for
each.

student.
(Attempt
was made)

student.
(Attempt
was made)

You spoke
clearly,
loudly, and
slowly in
your video.
You were
easy to
understand
and you read
your poem
fluently.

You were
easy to hear
in your
video.
Sometimes
you were too
loud or too
quiet. You
only have to
stop to
sound out
the words in
your poem
once.

You read
your whole
poem in your
video. You
were too
quiet to hear
OR you were
difficult to
understand.
You
occasionally
had to stop
to sound out
the words in
your poem.

You did not

read your
whole poem
in your
video. You
were too
quiet to
hear, AND
difficult to
understand.
You had to
stop
frequently to
sound out
the words in
your poem.

No score is
awarded
because there is
insufficient
evidence of
student
performance
based on the
requirements of
the assessment
task.

* When work is judged to be limited or insufficient, the teacher makes decisions about appropriate intervention to
help the student improve.