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Playwriting Rubric
Playwriting Rubric
Evaluates how well students of Introduction to Creative Writing class have completed the play writing assignment.
Rubric Code:
W8ABAA
By
jesket
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Subject:
(General)
Type:
Writing
Grade Levels:
9-12
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Play
Poor
0 pts
Fair
1 pts
Good
2 pts
Plot (8 points)
Comments:
Poor
The play lacks a clear beginning, middle, and end.
Events are not easy to follow.
Fair
The play contains a clear beginning, middle, or end, but not all three.
Events are somewhat easy to follow.
Good
The play contains a clear beginning, middle, and end.
Events are easily followed.
Characters (6 points)
Comments:
Poor
The character is not believable or sympathetic.
The characters do not have any distinguishing characteristics.
Fair
The character is either believable or sympathetic, but not both.
The characters are only mildly distinguishable.
Good
The character is both believable and sympathetic.
The characters have at least one distinguishable characteristic.
Scenes and Settings (14 points)
Comments:
Poor
The play's location is not clear.
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.
Fair
The play has a specific location, 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.
Good
The play's location 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.
Dialogue (9 points)
Comments:
Poor
Dialogue does not sound natural or realistic.
Dialgoue is not individual to each character.
Dialogue speaker is not clear.
Fair
Dialogue sounds either unnatural or unrealistic.
Dialogue is mildly individual to each character.
Dialogue speaker is usually clear.
Good
Dialogue sounds natural and realistic.
Dialogue is individual to each character.
Dialogue speaker is always clear.
Point of View (8 points)
Comments:
Poor
The play's point of view is not maintained.
Fair
The play's point of view is consistent, but hard to folow.
Good
The play's point of view is consistently well maintained and easy to follow.
Story Structure (4 points)
Comments:
Poor
Neither the characters nor the conflict are well introduced in Act One.
The play does not capture or keep the attention of the audience.
Fair
The characters and/or the conflict are introduced in Act One, but not both or only vaguely.
The play captures but does not keep the attention of the audience.
Good
The characters and the conflict are well introduced in Act One.
The play captures and keeps the attention of the audience.
Play Structure (12 points)
Comments:
Poor
The Title Page is not correctly formatted.
The Cast Page is not correctly formatted.
The Act and Scene headings are not correctly formatted.
Dialogue is not correctly formatted.
Stage directions and transitions are not correctly formatted.
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 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.
Good
The Title Page is correctly formatted.
The Cast Page is correctly formatted.
The Act and Scene headings are correctly formatted.
Character dialogue is correctly formatted.
Stage directions and transitions are correctly formatted.
Keywords:
play; drama; writing
Subjects:
English
(General)
Types:
Writing
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