Name: __________________________________ Period: ___________
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grade grade
Ideas and My play vividly describes My play brings to life My play describes My play has sparse My play makes little
Content for my pirate’s experiences and many biographical biographic details of references to the attempt to describe the
values and refers to numerous details, experiences my pirate but his/her biographic details of biographical details of
MAIN relevant, historically accurate and values of my experiences are more my pirate and some my pirate’s life, values
CHARACTER biographical details including pirate that that are like a list than blended details may be and experiences or
motivation to become a historically accurate into the dialogue; some historically inaccurate. there are many pieces
pirate, achievements and including achievements biographic details may of inaccurate
personality that are and personality. be historically information.
interwoven into the storyline inaccurate or missing.
seamlessly.
Historical All scenes have numerous All scenes have a All scenes has some Scenes have spotty Scenes have few
detail about and accurate details taken moderate amount of details about the daily details about the daily details about the daily
straight from my notes about accurate details taken life of a pirate during life of a pirate during life of a pirate during
Piracy during the daily life of a pirate straight from my notes the golden age of the golden age of the golden age of
the “Golden during the golden age of about the daily life of piracy that can be piracy or inaccurate piracy or many
Age” piracy. a pirate during the found in my notes – details. inaccurate details.
golden age of piracy. some details may be
inaccurate.
Historical Tone My play brings the time & My play reveals the The time & place my I tell the reader when The setting of my story
and place my pirate lived alive time and place my pirate lived is and where my story is is murky and
and all dialogue evokes the pirate lived with detail somewhat clear and set but make little undefined. Almost all
Voice/pirate 17th/18th century with and tone. Most of the defined, though at attempt to create an of the dialogue sounds
jargon numerous pieces of pirate dialogue evokes the times my dialogue accurate tone and like present day. Not
jargon peppered throughout 17th/18th century and sounds more from voice. Much of the enough pirate jargon is
each scene with a lot of a there are plenty of present day or my language sounds like used to affect the
variation. pieces of pirate jargon pirate jargon maybe modern day dialogue historical tone and
peppered throughout less than numerous or and /or pirate jargon voice.
each scene with non-varied. is sparsely peppered
variation. throughout each scene
or there is little
variation
Conventions of The proper play format is Proper play format is Some of the play Frequent errors to play Many errors in play
Playwriting used: used but there may be format is incorrect. format are distracting formatting that are
-list of Characters a small error or two. but do not interfere distracting and
-Scenes with the meaning of my interfere with the
-Characters in Bold/centered play. meaning of the play.
above dialogue
-stage directions included
appropriately
-proper spelling and use of
language
Name: __________________________________ Period: ___________