Pande Putu Resita Wulan Prabhawati

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Rubric for Assessing a Poem Reading

Skill

: Speaking

Type

: Poem Reading

Grade

: XI

Standard of Competency

: To express the popular and

simplified work of literature

Basic Competence

: To deliver a simple work of

literature such as English song and
contemporary poetry.

Andria Pacione stated that language beneath a language; that is poetry. Meanwhile,
the other poets, such as Robert Lowell stated that poetry is not the record of an event: it is an
event. W.H. Auden mentioned that in poetry, there are two demanding points in poetry. First,
it must be well-made verbal object that does honour the language where the poetry is written.
Second, it must say something significant about a reality common to tell, but perceived form
a unique perspective. He added that when the poet says he has never been said before, but,
once he has said it, his readers recognize its validity for themselves. Besides, in general,
poetry can be said as an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning,
sound, and rhythmic language choices so as to evoke an emotional response. Yet, actually
there is no infinite definition of poetry since define a poetry is like catching the wind. Here is
the example of modern poetry:

The Moon
By: Jane O Ullah
I love to play in the moonlight.
To see the stars smiling at me
Through the thickness of the night
Which wraps itself snugly round the stars
I love to see the moons
Fat and fair face laughing with me.
Like a benevolent father beaming at his newborn.
Like a single currant in a black pudding
In a star studded pudding
But at times I wonder
On why it seems dull and thin
Then tis as though its sad
As though its nightly revelry has been disturbed
But all the same,
I love to play in the moonlight

In poetry reading or poem reading, there are many things to be considered. The first
thing is Poetic language and Imagery. In poetry, the language used is rather different with
daily language. To make it beautiful, a poet uses a poetic language and imagery to deliver the
idea of poetry. The second one is the sound and sense. Reading poetry cannot be compared
with reading a news, debate or speech. It needs an expression through sound and sense that
come out from the students feeling. The next is audience reaction. Actually, reading poetry
needs the audience reaction, whether they are confused, puzzled, happy, and sad or anything
else. The last but not the least is the topic in which the students write an original, fresh,
surprising and unusual topic. Topic is the major concern for the teacher since deciding the
topic in writing poem can determine how the students read the poem in front of the class.
Blue Print of Rubric
Dimension
Poetic language and imagery
Sound and sense

Indicators
precise vocabulary
details in imagery
effectively in using a poetic language
consistent rhythm and metre
2

Audience reaction
Topic

Body language and

expression

Rubric

sound reflects the meaning

the expression of audience
understanding
original
fresh
surprising
unusual
proper body language and expression

ANALYTICAL RUBRIC
Criteria

Weight

Poetic
language
and
imagery
4

Sound and
sense

Audience
reaction

Score
3
The poetic
language uses
less precise
vocabulary,
missing in
imagery
details, but
effective
poetic
language

5
The poetic
language
uses
precise
vocabulary,
details in
imagery,
and
effective
poetic
language

4
The poetic
language
uses less
precise
vocabulary,
details in
imagery,
and
effective
poetic
language

2
The poetic
language uses
less precise
vocabulary,
missing in
imagery
details, and
less effective
poetic
language

The sound
and sense
are
consistent
with
rhythm and
metre, and
reflects the
meaning of
the poem.

The sound
and sense
are less
consistent
with
rhythm and
metre, but
reflects the
meaning of
the poem.

The sound
and sense are
less
consistent
with rhythm
and metre,
and less
reflects the
meaning of
the poem.

The sound
and sense are
not consistent
with rhythm
and metre,
and less
reflects the
meaning of
the poem.

The
audience is
emotionall
y into the
poem and

The
audience is
less
emotionall
y into the

The audience
is less
emotionally
into the poem
and they

The audience
is less
emotionally
into the poem
and they

1
The poetic
language
uses less
precise
vocabulary,
missing in
imagery
details, and
beat around
the bush in
using poetic
language
The sound
and sense
are not
consistent
with
rhythm and
metre, and
dont
reflects the
meaning of
the poem.
The
audience is
not
emotionally
into the
3

they
understand
the poem

Topic

Body
language
and
expressio
n
3

Comment

poem but
they
understand
the poem.
The topic is The topic is
fresh,
fresh,
original,
original,
fresh,
fresh,
surprising
surprising
and
but usual
unusual
topic.
topic.
The body
The body
language
language
and
and
expression expression
are suitable are less
to the
suitable to
meaning of the
poem
meaning of
poem.

become less
understandin
g the poem.

become less
understandin
g the poem.

poem and
not
understand
it at all.
The topic is
The topic is
The topic is
fresh,
fresh, but not not fresh,
original,
original. The the result of
fresh, but not topic is
plagiarism,
surprising
surprising
not
and the topic and unusual.
surprising
is usual.
and usual
topic.
The body
The body
The body
language and language and language
expression
expression
and
are less
are not
expression
suitable to the suitable to the are not
meaning of
meaning of
suitable to
poem and
poem.
the
making
meaning of
unnecessary
poem and
gesture.
making
unnecessar
y gesture.
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Assessment

: (C1 x W1) + (C2 x W2) + (C3 x W3) + (C4 x W4) + (C6 x W6)
(5x4) + (5x3) + (5x3) + (5x3) + (5x3) + (5x5)

Maximum Score

: 115

Minimum Score

: 21

In poem reading, body language and expression are the most concerned parts since
body language and expression shows the sense and determines the audiences expression.
Meanwhile, poetic language and imagery are put the second. It doesnt mean to make it less
important but poetic language and imagery are nothing if the poem is not spoken regarding
the skill of the rubric. Sound and sense, audience reaction and topic get 3 as their weight
4

since it can be tolerated if the students cannot make a perfect sound and sense, good topic or
make the audience into a confusion.