It is interesting to deal with poetry. I have always considered poetry as too difficult for students and most adults. The new point of view expressed about being short enough to deal with them in classroom and the questioning system practised with our examples is very useful as I will have to have in mind that the new students will be able to express themselves more fluently and we'll have enough time to deal with new aspects.
On the other hand, GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS and RUBRICS, being new names for me, are not new as I have used them in the classroom. Not frequently, I must say, as time and other factors make it quite difficult now. After having a look at the examples, I have remembered some activities including graphic organizers of different kinds. And about the use of rubrics, very basic ones were very useful when I evaluated the students' oral presentations once every term: if their grammar level was good or not according to their grade, if they used suitable vocabulary or very basic one, if they pronounced correctly or not and, finally, if they could communicate their opinions to their classmates.
It was just an attempt to make them aware they were able to say something and to avoid their being too much worried about marks, they were told that they would pass the activity just trying the very first time.
Here below there are two useful links for one example of each, but the gadget entitled "Graphic organisers and rubrics" on the left column has a few more and some more will be added.
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/spanish/pdf/treechart.pdfhttp://makeworksheets.com/samples/
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