Poetic Techniques Presentation

Year 9 Summative Group Task

You will be assigned groups of 5 or 6

Each group will have two poetic techniques to cover in their
presentation
In the presentation you will:
o Define the poetic technique
o Explain why it might be used in a poem and how it
contributes to the emotion
o Provide your own example of the technique
o Give at least 2 examples from poems you have
researched
Can be from textbook, internet or other sources,
but must be appropriate, and you must show the
author
Comment on how the technique contributes
to your appreciation/understanding of the
poem.
Other things I want to see
o All group members involved.
o Group notes for the presentation
A powerpoint and/or pictures are not required, but feel free
to include them if you think it will add to your presentation!
Approx. 6 minutes per group.

Presentation

Poetic
Technique

Examples

Excellent presentation
good clear voice and
posture. If visuals were
used, they were well
chosen and presented.
All group members
showed contribution.

Great definition of
assigned techniques
showing strong
understanding of how
it may be used

Good presentation (voice

and posture). If visuals
were used, they were
used well and all group
members contributed.

Poetic technique
defined well. Students
showed good
understanding of how
the technique may be
used.

Adequate presentation
(voice and posture). If
visuals were used, they
added to the
presentation. All group
members contribute.

Poetic technique
adequately defined.
Students understood
the technique and
how it may be used.

Poor presentation
(vocally and/or posture).
Visuals, if used, did not
connect to content of
presentation. Not all
group members were
shown to contribute.
Very poor presentation
(vocally and/or posture).
If visuals were used, they
did not contribute to the

Definition of technique
was lacking in detail.
Students poorly
identified why
technique may be
used in poetry.

Poems chosen explicitly

showed the groups
techniques and were
appropriate. Students
identified how the
technique contributed
to the poems as a
whole.
Poems chosen
demonstrated the
techniques and were
appropriate. Students
indicated the technique
contributed to the
poems.
Example poems
included assigned
techniques, but
students failed to
connect technique to
larger understanding of
the poems.
Examples did not
adequately show the
techniques and how
they are used. Lacked
understanding of how
assigned techniques
contribute to poems
Examples were not
provided or provided
examples did not
include the assigned

Techniques were
poorly defined.
Students did not
comment on how the

presentation. Not all

group members were
shown to contribute.

technique may be
used in poetry.

techniques. No attempt
made at connecting
technique to
appreciation of poems.