iRubric: Script Rubric

The story lacks a clear beginning, middle, and end.

The protagonist lacks a goal to achieve or a problem to solve.

The protagonist does not achieve his goal or solve his problem himself.

The story contains a clear beginning, middle, or end, but not all three.

The protagonists has a goal to achieve or a problem to solve, but it is of no consequence.

The protagonist has a part in achieving his goal or solving his problem, but it is only a minor part or it feels contrived.

The story contains a clear beginning, middle, and end.

The protagonist has an important, life changing goal to achieve or problem to solve.

The protagonist achieves his goal or solves his problem by himself in a realistic, natural way.

The story's local is not discernible.

The story's time period is not discernible.

The story's setting is not described well.

The story does not contain multiple scenes.

None of the scenes are well described.

Scene and setting details are neither specific, concrete, nor particular.

Scene changes do not occur at the right time.

The story has a specific location, but it is not immediately well defined.

The story has a definite time period, but it is not immediately well defined.

The story's setting is described, but the details are not relevant to the plot.

The story contains a few scenes, but not enough.

Some of the scenes are well described, but not all of them.

Scene and setting details are present but non-specific.

Scene changes are rough or not timed well.

The story's local is well defined at the beginning of the play.

The story's time period is well defined at the beginning of the play.

The story's setting is well described, with details that are important to the plot.

The story contains an adequate amount of multiple scenes.

All of the story's scenes are well described.

Scene and setting details are specific, concrete, and particular.

Scene changes occur smoothly and at the right time.

The story's point of view is not maintained.

The story's point of view is consistent, but hard to follow.

The story's point of view is consistently well maintained and easy to follow.

The script Slug Lines, Action Lines, and Dialogue headings are not correctly formatted.


Dialogue is not correctly formatted.

Some script headings (Slug Lines, Action Lines, Dialogue headings) are correctly formatted, but not all of them.

Some character dialogue is correctly formatted, but not all of it.

The script headings (Slug Lines, Action Lines, Dialogue headings) are correctly formatted.

Character dialogue is correctly formatted.