Play Production Rubric (Life in the Polis)
Group
Delivery of
material
5
Group delivered
material fluently with
inflection and
appropriate gestures
and at a voice level that
could be clearly heard
and understood by
audience
Content of
material
Analysis identifies the
most significant
elements of the story
being portrayed. It also
clearly explains the
importance of these
element in a clear, wellthought out and
interesting manner
Group members work
collaboratively to the
full use of each
members ability and
equally share the work
load
Group uses interesting
and appropriate
costumes, scenery or
props which are closely
representative or the
text in a creative way
Group
interaction
Costumes,
scenery, props,
or general
creativity
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4
Group delivered
material fluently most
of the time, with some
inflection and
appropriate gestures
and at a voice level that
could usually be clearly
heard and understood
by audience
Analysis identifies the
significant elements of
the story being
portrayed. It also
clearly explains the
importance of these
element in a clear and
interesting manner
3
Group delivered
material with some
mistakes and stumbling,
with little inflection or
gestures and at a voice
level that could
sometimes be clearly
heard and understood
by audience
Analysis identifies some
of the significant
elements of the story
being portrayed. It also
clearly explains the
importance of these
element in a clear and
interesting manner
2
Group delivered
material with some
mistakes and stumbling,
without inflection or
gestures and at a voice
level that could
sometimes be clearly
heard and understood
by audience
Analysis identifies few
of the most significant
elements of the story
being portrayed or does
not explain these
elements in a clear or
interesting manner
1
Group delivered
material with many
mistakes and stumbling,
without inflection or
gestures and at a voice
level that could not be
clearly heard and/or
understood by audience
Group members work
together and mostly
share the workload
Group members
somewhat work
together share some of
the work load
Group members work
together and the work
load is distributed
unevenly
Group members do not
work together and do
not share the work load
Group uses appropriate
costumes, scenery or
props which are closely
representative or the
text in a creative way
Group uses appropriate
costumes, scenery or
props which are similar
to the textual
descriptions in a
somewhat creative way
Groups use costumes,
props, or scenery that
are inappropriate or
that are distinctly
different from the
textual descriptions
Group does not use any
costumes, scenery,
props, or other creative
methods during their
reading
Total Group Mark
Analysis identifies few
of the most significant
elements of the story
being portrayed and
does not explain these
elements in a clear or
interesting manner
Individual
Role Card
5
Complete and accurate.
Creative use of
imagination that
demonstrates thorough
understanding of
character.
4
Compete and somewhat
accurate. Creative, but
too fictitious.
Demonstrates some
understanding of
character
Role Card
Presentation
Very complete and
comprehensive
presentation. Group
members learned a
great deal from your
efforts
Student uses all his/her
efforts consistently to
assist group during play
creation
Delivered material
fluently with inflection
and appropriate
gestures and at a voice
level that could be
clearly heard and
understood by audience
Complete and
comprehensive
presentation. Group
members learned some
valuable information
from your presentation
Student uses his/her
efforts to assist group
during play creation
Individual
Participation
Individual
Performance
(Delivery of
Material)
Teacher Comments
Delivered material
fluently most of the
time, with some
inflection and
appropriate gestures
and at a voice level that
could usually be clearly
heard and understood
by audience
3
Complete and somewhat
accurate. Character
lacks creativity and
student can only
demonstrate some
understanding of
character
Complete, yet brief.
Group members may
have learned some
things from your
presentation
Student efforts are
somewhat inconsistent
during play creation
Delivered material with
some mistakes and
stumbling, with little
inflection or gestures
and at a voice level that
could sometimes be
clearly heard and
understood by audience
2
Incomplete and
inaccurate. Can only
demonstrate some
understanding of
character
1
Incomplete and
inaccurate. Unable to
demonstrate an
understanding of
character
Incomplete and brief.
Group members may
have learned some
things from your
presentation
Incomplete. Group
members did not learn
from your presentation
Student efforts are
minimal and group is
forced to compensate
for this lack of effort
Delivered material with
some mistakes and
stumbling, without
inflection or gestures
and at a voice level that
could sometimes be
clearly heard and
understood by audience
Student gave nearly no
effort during the
process
Delivered material with
many mistakes and
stumbling, without
inflection or gestures
and at a voice level that
could not be clearly
heard and/or
understood by audience
Total Individual Mark
Total Mark
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