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Musical Storytelling/Children's Book Reading Presentation Storytelling/Children's Book Reading Presentation A rubric to assess a student's ability to share a story using a children's book incorporating specific musical elements. Rubric Code: K9W673 By gailkallison Draft Public Rubric Subject: Music Type: Presentation Grade Levels: 6-8

Achievement Level Level/Points
	Need Improvement Point Values 1,2,3,4,5 (N/A)	Fair Point Values 5,6 (N/A)	Good Point Values 7,8 (N/A)	Excellent Point Values 9,10 (N/A)
Voice/Enunciation How well the text was heard and understood.	Need Improvement - The majority of the audience had difficulty hearing them. - Diction was poor.	Fair - Only the people seated in the front of the room were able to hear them. - Diction was fair.	Good - Projected their voice throughout the room allowing most people to hear them. - Diction was good with few minor errors	Excellent - Projected their voice clearly throughout the room allowing everyone to hear them clearly. - Diction was very clear, with few or no errors.
Style/Body Expression How well gestures and facial expression were used.	Need Improvement - Nervous speaker: lack of energy and enthusiasm. - Did not make any eye-contact or use facial expression with the audience. - Body posture was stiff and rigid.	Fair - Nervous speaker: lack of enthusiasm and, energy - Eye-contact and facial expression was shown for very little periods of time. - Used very little body posture or gestures to enhance their story.	Good - Dynamic speaker: full of energy and enthusiasm. - Eye-contact and facial expressions was shown for short periods of time. - Used either body posture and gestures to enhance their story.	Excellent - Dynamic speaker: full of energy and enthusiasm. - Eye-contact was maintained for extended periods of time. - Used both body posture and gestures to enhance their story.
Phrasing and Tempo Followed the punctuation markings. Includes 1 Ritard, 1 accelerando, and 2 tempo changes	Need Improvement Used run on sentences ignoring the punctuation presented in the story. Many pauses, hesitation, or breaks. Used 0 or 1 element required.	Fair - Students had difficulty following the punctuation and expressing the story fluently. Several pauses, hesitations or breaks. Used 2 elements required.	Good - Students showed an adequate delivery of the story and expressed it fluently with little difficulty. Few pauses, hesitations or breaks. Used 3 elements required.	Excellent - Story exceeded the requirements. - Students showed a proficient delivery of the story and communicated clearly with no difficulty. Used all 4 elements required.
Expression/Vocal Inflection Changes vocal pitch that is appropriate for each part of the story. Uses at least 3 accents within the story.	Need Improvement - There was no effort made at emoting expression during the presentation.	Fair - They attempted to be expressive, but struggled with it.	Good - Their presentation was expressive, but the rhythm was slightly off.	Excellent - Their presentation was filled with expression, falling, rising and pausing at the right moments to capture our attention, increase tension or enhance our enjoyment.
Dynamics Incorporates dynamic changes. Required 6 changes in dynamics and the use of 1 crescendo or decrescendo.	Need Improvement Zero to 1 dynamic changes were included and demonstrated. There was no sign of a crescendo or decrescendo.	Fair 2-3 of the dynamic changes were included and demonstrated fairly. There was a slight use of the crescendo or decrescendo.	Good 4-5 dynamic changes were included and demonstrated adequately. The use of the crescendo or decrescendo was evident.	Excellent All 6 dynamic changes were included and demonstrated with precision. The use of either one crescendo or decrescendo was performed where indicated.
Solos and Unison parts Each student is responsible to read alone and the group reads together as well.	Need Improvement None of the students seemed ready to read solo or as a group, creating an unorganized presentation.	Fair It was evident that mainly two people in the group were prepared to read alone and the group section was not together, resulting in a choppy performance.	Good Most of the students read parts alone and the group read a section together, staying mostly in tempo, demonstrating adequate teamwork.	Excellent All students read parts alone and the group read section(s) together, staying in tempo and demonstrating good teamwork.

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oral presentation, storytelling, children's literature

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