Designing a Critical Scorecard: the Poetry League Table
Why not create your own league table of writers with your class? This is a great opportunity for critical thinking and collaborative decision-making. Start by constructing a long or short list of writers/poets/novels/poems. Then discuss your key criteria for evaluation. Perhaps your scores will change over time? Poet and playwright Oliver Goldsmith’s “poetical scale” was originally published in The Literary Magazine in January, 1758. Genius Judgement Learning Versification Chaucer 16 12 10 14 Spenser 1 8 12 14 18 Shakespeare 19 14 14 19 Jonson 1 6 1 8 17 8 Cowley 17 17