iRubric: Acting: Monologue/Scene Acting rubric

Scene/monologue is not memorized. Frequent ad-libs. Using script or needs Needs excessive prompting.

Needs a fair amount of prompting, stops frequently

Scene is moderately memorized. Occasional adlibs. Only needs occasional prompting.

Scene is memorized, but not word for word. Some paraphrasing

Scene is memorized. Text holds to what is written. No prompting

Objectives are non-existent or random.

Only a general idea of objectives

Objective recognition but does not convey them to the audience clearly

Conveys most objectives to the audience, but may not do so clearly all the time

Successfully identified objectives and portrays them clearly to the audience

-No evidence is present in actors use of vocal traits.
-Actors do not display variety in pitch, rate and quality
-Actors never use projection, enunciation, correct pronunciation and articulation
-Actors never use vocal intensity and flexibility
-Actors never heard and understood

-Actors seldom use vocal traits
- Actors seldom
display variety in pitch, rate and quality
- Actors seldom use projection, enunciation,
correct pronunciation and articulation
- Actors seldom use vocal intensity and flexibility
- Actors seldom
heard and understood

-Actors sometimes use vocal traits
- Actors sometimes
display variety in pitch,
rate and quality
- Actors sometimes use
projection, enunciation, correct pronunciation and
articulation
- Actors sometimes
use vocal intensity and
flexibility
- Actors sometimes
heard and understood

Actors almost always
use vocal traits
- Actors almost always display variety in pitch, rate and quality
- Actors almost always
use projection, enunciation, correct pronunciation and
articulation
- Actors almost always
use vocal intensity and
flexibility
- Actors almost always
heard and understood

The actors use vocal traits to create the characters
and mood of the performance. Actors display variety in pitch, rate, and quality. Projection, enunciation, pronunciation and articulation are all of
superior quality. Vocal in
tensity and flexibility are
used to highlight the
dramatic/comic element of the performance. All actors can be heard and
understood.