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Improvisation Improvisation -short form - 8th Grade This rubric will allow students and myself to critque short improvisations performed in class. Rubric Code: J827AB By MrsSchmidt Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Arts and Design Type: Presentation Grade Levels: 6-8

Improvisation -Short
	Name (N/A)	Not meeting, but attempted 1 pts	Working towards 2 pts	Meeting 3 pts	Proficient 4 pts	Score (N/A)
Idea and Plot	Name player 1___________ player 2___________ player 3___________ player 4___________ player 5___________ player 6___________	Not meeting, but attempted Focus is not clear. There is a beginning but no development of story line. Imagination is missing. CROW is missing.	Working towards The focus is sometimes clear. There is a beginning, a middle but the ending needs to be developed further. Elements of CROW are missing. Some imagination is seen.	Meeting Beginning, midddle and end are developed but not always connected. Imagination is evident and story driven. All elements of CROW are present. The focus is on the scene most of the time.	Proficient A clear story is told through a strong beginning, middle and end. CROW is fully developed. The scene is imaginative. The scene has a clear focus.	Score player 1___________ player 2___________ player 3___________ player 4___________ player 5___________ player 6___________
Acting	Name player 1___________ player 2___________ player 3___________ player 4___________ player 5___________ player 6___________	Not meeting, but attempted Characters are simplistic. Actor movement and voice are often present. Actor's are unfocused. Actor's are working independently	Working towards Characters are beginning to be different from the actors. Actors begin to respond to each other. Showboating is evident.	Meeting Characters are clear and unique. Actors focus is on the improv. the majority of the time. Actors respond in the moment and work together. Showboating is absent.	Proficient The characters are interesting and respond to each other. The actors work together-sharing and listening. Characters are believable.	Score player 1___________ player 2___________ player 3___________ player 4___________ player 5___________ player 6___________
------------------------------	Name	Not meeting, but attempted	Working towards	Meeting	Proficient	Score
Staging	Name player 1___________ player 2___________ player 3___________ player 4___________ player 5___________ player 6___________	Not meeting, but attempted There is no movement. Gestures are actors, not characters. Backs to the audience.	Working towards Occasionally the movement is character driven. The actors limit the use of the stage.	Meeting Most of the time the movement is character driven. The stage is beginning to be used imaginatively.	Proficient Blocking is well-motivated and purposeful. The stage is used effectively and imaginatively. Actors cheat out.	Score player 1___________ player 2___________ player 3___________ player 4___________ player 5___________ player 6___________
Speech / Dialogue	Name player 1___________ player 2___________ player 3___________ player 4___________ player 5___________ player 6___________	Not meeting, but attempted Can't hear players, can't understand players	Working towards Inconsistent enunciation, sometime clearly spoken and easily heard by all audience members	Meeting Most of the time well enunciated, clearly spoken and easily heard by all audience members	Proficient Well enunciated, clearly spoken and easily heard by all audience members	Score player 1___________ player 2___________ player 3___________ player 4___________ player 5___________ player 6___________

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Arts and Design

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