iRubric: Musical Play rubric

Paragraph includes a brief overview of the beginning, middle, and end of the show. Reader does not 'give it away' & has no difficulty knowing what the basics of the play are. The history of the play is also given.

Paragraph included a brief overview of the elements of the story. Reader can grasp most of what the story is.

Plot summary only highlighted one part of the story (beginning, middle, or end). Reader has a hard time figuring out what the story is.

Plot summary was missing, incoherent, or wrong. Reader cannot ascertain what the story is about from the review.

Costume evaluation is descriptive and thoughtful. Writer describes several costumes and discusses how the costumes tie to character.

Review addresses both lights and set in detail. Evaluates how they were used and their effectiveness. Writer describes how the set was made.

Writer describes the main costumes and includes discussion of how it ties to character. Needs to include more depth.

Review addresses lights and set. Could have used more detail. Evaluates how they were used and their effectiveness.

Writer describes costumes but does not include how the costumes reveal character.

Describes lights and sets but does not evaluate how they were used or their effectiveness.

There is no evaluation of costume and no descriptions. Writer needs to tie the costumes back to the characters.

Review is missing a description of one or both the lights and the set. There is no evaluation of how they were used or their effectiveness.

The document is polished. There are no typos or errors in capitalization, grammar, and mechanics.

There may be one or two typos, errors in capitalization, grammar, or mechanics.

The formatting or presentation may lack polish. There may be a few typos, errors in capitalization, grammar or mechanics.

There are many errors in capitalization, grammar, and mechanics and/or many typos.