Final Performance Dramatic Story Telling, Projection Rubric Students Name: ________________________________
4 Improvement 5 Below Basic 6 Basic 7 Proficient 8 Meets Expectations 9 Advanced Score
Needed- I.P.
Words could not be Words could Most words were All words were heard, All words were heard, All words were heard, Volume
heard @ the back barely be heard @ heard @ the back some volume some volume variations and dynamic volume
Volume
of the room. No the back of the of the room. No variations existed and existed and help make variations made
volume variation. room. Voice was volume variation. help make performance interesting. performance very
too soft. performance interesting, and
interesting. engaging.
Timing is way too Timing is too fast Timing almost Most timing is good, Nearly Perfect timing, Perfect rate, Perfect Pacing /Timing
fast or way too or too slow works, Still needs some sections a little and rate through almost timing throughout the
Pacing /
Timing
slow. Negatively work: slightly too too fast or a little too all of performance- a few entire performance
fast or slightly too slow areas need practice.
slow.
Many words Many words were Several words Some words were Words were mostly Words were Pronunciation
mispronounced, mispronounced, were mispronounced pronounced correctly, pronounced correctly,
Pronunciation
slurred or mumbled slurred or mispronounced slurred or mumbled and well understood with and articulated with
negatively affecting mumbled slurred or but meaning was not good diction. 2-3 excellent diction.
the performance. negatively mumbled lost. Words reviewed mispronunciations.
Seems unfamiliar affecting the negatively with teacher were
with words. performance. affecting the mispronounced.
meaning of the
performance.
No eye contact with No eye contact or Some eye contact, Eye contact with Eye contact with genuine Eye contact, great Non-verbal
audience, seems bored with bored or low audience, could use effort/ energy. Includes energy and
bored, or lacking performance, or effort. more energy or effort. some facial or body enthusiasm. Includes
Verbal
effort. lacking effort. language. Performer is, facial or body
Non
“On.” language. The
performer is “On!”
No variation of Little variation of Little variation Some variation in Variations of voice made Variations of voice Expressiveness
voice. No interest voice, no interest emphasized voice made the the performance made the
Expressiveness
was created with was created with special portions of performance entertaining and hold’s performance “Come X2
the use of voice. the use of voice. the performance. interesting. Strength, the audience’s attention. alive.” Voice was
X2
Voice was flat and Strength, fear, Strength, fear, fear, happiness, Emotions were mostly entertaining and
mostly monotone. happiness, happiness, surprise, sorrow, etc… evident in voice. captivating. Strength,
surprise, sorrow, surprise, sorrow, were occasionally fear, happiness,
etc… were not etc… were not evident. sorrow, etc… were
evident in voice. evident in voice. very evident in voice.
No Accents, dialects Few accents, Accents, dialects, Accents, dialects, Accents, dialects, sound Accents, dialects, Embellishment
characterized dialects sound effects, sound effects, or effects, or characterized sound effects, or
voices, rhyming characterized characterized characterized voice voice rhyming rhythms, characterized voice X2
rhythms, ad-libs, or voices, rhyming voices, rhyming rhyming rhythms, ad-libs, physical rhyming rhythms, ad-
sound effects were rhythms, ad-libs, rhythms, adlibs, or adlibs, or sound gestures/acting, or sound libs, o physical
Embellishment
used for the or sound effects sound effects ere effects were used effects were used mostly gestures/acting, or
performance. were used for the used a little. some of the time. through the sound effects were
X2
performance. performance. used consistently
through the
performance, and
made the story “Come
Alive!”.