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Shakespeare: Acting Out

Students will collaborate in creating and performing a scene from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet."

Rubric Code: BX2C654

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Subject: English

Type: Presentation

Grade Levels: 9-12

Shakespeare: Acting Out Students will collaborate and perform a scene from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"
	Excellent - 4 4 pts	Good - 3 3 pts	Fair - 2 2 pts	Needs Work - 1 1 pts
Preparedness Group Score	Excellent - 4 Group is completely prepared and well rehearsed. They know their parts and work as a team.	Good - 3 Group is prepared and rehearsed. They mostly know their parts and often work as a team.	Fair - 2 Group is somewhat prepared and shows signs that they have rehearsed. They sometimes know their parts and work as a team at times.	Needs Work - 1 Group is not prepared and does not appear to have rehearsed. They do not know their parts and often do not work as a team.
Quality of Presentation Group Score	Excellent - 4 Presentation is an accurate portrayal of the chosen scene.	Good - 3 Presentation is an accurate portrayal of the scene, but has confusing elements.	Fair - 2 Presentation is a somewhat accurate portrayal of the scene, but has confusing elements.	Needs Work - 1 Presentation is not an accurate portrayal of the scene and has confusing elements.
Plot Analysis Group Score	Excellent - 4 All plot elements are accurate to the original play and presented in a manner that is easy to follow.	Good - 3 Plot elements are accurate to the original play; however, the scene is not the easiest to follow.	Fair - 2 A few plot elements are accurate to the original play. The performance strays from the original plot.	Needs Work - 1 The performance plot does not follow the original plot. The audience is left with no sense of what the play really is about
Originality Group Score	Excellent - 4 Presentation is an original and fresh interpretation of Shakespeare.	Good - 3 The presentation is a somewhat original interpretation of Shakespeare.	Fair - 2 The group attempts creativity, but the presentation is confusing or ineffective.	Needs Work - 1 The presentation shows little or no creativity.
Performance Individual Score	Excellent - 4 The actor "stays in the scene" from beginning to end and uses their body and voices in a way that can be seen and heard and understood. Student never breaks out of character.	Good - 3 The actor "stays in the scene" most of the time. Student breaks out of character but recovers and is not a distraction.	Fair - 2 The actor "stays in the scene" some of the time. Student breaks out of character and is only a distraction once.	Needs Work - 1 The actor is unable to "stay in the scene" and breaks out of character too many times.
Interpretation Individual Score	Excellent - 4 Students' interpretation of the lines are accurate. Correct usage of stress, inflection, and connotation.	Good - 3 Students' interpretation of the lines are almost completely accurate. Nearly entirely correct usage of stress, inflection, and connotation.	Fair - 2 Students' interpretation of about half of the lines are accurate. About half correct usage of stress, inflection, and connotation.	Needs Work - 1 There is a big error in the students' interpretation of the lines. Either students use no stress, inflection, or connotation, or it is consistently used incorrectly.
Enthusiasm Individual Score	Excellent - 4 Facial expressions and body language generate a strong interest and enthusiasm about the topic in others.	Good - 3 Facial expressions and body language sometimes generate a strong interest and enthusiasm about the topic in others.	Fair - 2 Facial expressions and body language are used to try to generate enthusiasm, but seem somewhat faked.	Needs Work - 1 Very little use of facial expressions or body language. Did not generate much interest in topic being presented.

Keywords:

Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, act, performance

Subjects:

English

Types:

Presentation

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