Section 1 owes me syllables.
I have set a 100% at 300 syllables; 200 is a 95%. They are allowed to write in any format, but I am asking that they incorporate the ideas we have been discussing: form, sound, imagery, figurative language, and voice.
Here is the rubric for Section 3 and 4. Section 1 will look similar.
Rubric for your Ballad
100 points
(10) ____ Length:
I would suggest 8 stanzas.
Topics:
Ballad about you
Pick an event that should be
memorialized
Honor a person
(10) ____ Syllables
per line: (form)
(10) ____ Rhyme
scheme: (sound)
ABAB
or AABB or
ABCB
(10) ____ Figurative
language:
Include a simile or a metaphor
(personification)
(10) ____ How would
you illustrate this?
Make it look pretty!
(20) ____ Yours must
have 200 total syllables:
Put number after EACH line and total
at end
(30) ____ You will
read your ballad to the class Wednesday:
Put number after EACH line and total
at end
