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Evaluates how well students of Introduction to Creative Writing class have completed the play writing assignment.
Rubric Code:
U27AB5
By
ddonovan
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Subject:
English
Type:
Writing
Grade Levels:
(none)
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Play
Excellent
4 pts
Good
3 pts
Fair
2 pts
Poor
1 pts
Plot (8 points)
Comments:
Excellent
Goes above and beyond all expectations
Good
The play contains a clear beginning, middle, and end.
The protagonist has an important, life changing goal to achieve or problem to solve.
The plot becomes more complicated in Scene Two, and each new complication challenges the protagonist in a realistic, believable way.
The protagonist achieveis his goal or solves his problem by himself in a realistic, natural way.
Fair
The play 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 plot becomes slightly more complicated in Scene Two, but the obstacles are unbelievable or are easily overcome.
The protagonist has a part in achieving his goal or solving his problem, but it is only a minor part or it feels contrived.
Poor
The play lacks a clear beginning, middle, and end.
The protagonist lacks a goal to achieve or a problem to solve.
The plot does not become more complicated during Scene Two.
The protagonist does not achieve his goal or solve his problem himself.
Characters (6 points)
Comments:
Excellent
Goes above and beyond all expectations
Good
The protagonist is both believable and sympathetic.
The protagonist has at least one distinguishable characteristic.
The antagonist is a strong opponent.
Fair
The protagonist is either believable or sympathetic, but not both.
The protagonist is only mildly distinguishable.
There is an antagonist, but he is not a strong opponent.
Poor
The protagonist is not believable or sympathetic.
The protagonist does not have any distinguishing characteristics.
There is no definate antagonist.
Scenes and Settings (14 points)
Comments:
Excellent
Goes above and beyond all expectations
Good
The play's local is well defined at the beginning of the play.
The play's time period is well defined at the beginning of the play.
The play's setting is well described, with details that are important to the plot.
The play contains an adequate amount of multiple scenes.
All of the play's scenes are well described.
Scene and setting details are specific, concrete, and particular.
Scene changes occur smoothly and at the right time.
Fair
The play has a specific location, but it is not immediately well defined.
The play has a definate time period, but it is not immediately well defined.
The play's setting is described, but the details are not relevant to the plot.
The play 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.
Poor
The play's local is not discernable.
The play's time period is not discernable.
The play's setting is not described well.
The play 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.
Dialogue (6 points)
Comments:
Excellent
Goes above and beyond all expectations
Good
Dialogue sounds natural and realistic.
Dialogue is individual to each character.
Dialogue is never used for exposition.
Fair
Dialogue sounds either unnatural or unrealistic.
Dialogue is mildly individual to each character.
Dialogue is sometimes used for exposition.
Poor
Dialogue does not sound natural or realistic.
Dialgoue is not individual to each character.
Dialogue is often used for exposition.
Point of View (2 points)
Comments:
Excellent
Goes above and beyond all expectations
Good
The play's point of view is consistently well maintained and easy to follow.
Fair
The play's point of view is consistent, but hard to folow.
Poor
The play's point of view is not maintained.
Story Structure (4 points)
Comments:
Excellent
Goes above and beyond all expectations
Good
The characters and the conflict are well introduced in Scene One.
The play captures and keeps the attention of the audience.
Fair
The characters and/or the conflict are introduced in Scene One, but not both or only vaguely.
The play captures but does not keep the attention of the audience.
Poor
Neither the characters nor the conflict are well introduced in Scene One.
The play does not capture or keep the attention of the audience.
Play Structure (12 points)
Comments:
Excellent
Goes above and beyond all expectations
Good
The Title Page is correctly formatted.
The Cast Page is correctly formatted.
The Act and Scene headings are correctly formatted.
The At Rise descriptions are correctly formatted.
Character dialogue is correctly formatted.
Stage directions and transitions are correctly formatted.
Prop list is clear.
Fair
Some elements of Title Page are correctly formatted, but not all of them.
Some elements of Cast Page are correctly formatted, but not all of them.
Some Act and Scene headings are correctly formatted, but not all of them.
Some At Rise descriptions are correctly formatted, but not all of them.
Some character dialogue is correctly formatted, but not all of it.
Some of the stage directions and transitions are correctly formatted, but not all of them.
Poor
The Title Page is not correctly formatted.
The Cast Page is not correctly formatted.
The Act and Scene headings are not correctly formatted.
The At Rise descriptions are not correctly formatted.
Dialogue is not correctly formatted.
Stage directions and transitions are not correctly formatted.
Prop list is clear.
Keywords:
play; drama; writing
Subjects:
English
Types:
Writing
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