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Reader's Theatre Activity Reader's Theater and Audacity Software Activity This lesson helps students practice reading out loud. Readers Theater can also increase reading and oral fluency in a creative and stress-free environment by using scripts and technology. Rubric Code: DXAAA9C By jadati Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Communication Type: Reading Grade Levels: 9-12

Reader's Theater
	Excellent (N/A)	Competent (N/A)	Needs Work (N/A)
Knowlwge/ Understanding	Excellent Makes connections with the interactive books and listening format. Student feels that they know and understand the story to move on to the next criteria.	Competent Makes simple connections but cannot explain them, or the connections are irrelevant to the text	Needs Work Makes no connections between text and background knowledge
Thinking/ Inquiry	Excellent The presentation is centered around understanding which shows a highly developed awareness of the text, and technology and a high level of conceptual ability.	Competent The presentation shows an analytical structure and a central understanding, but the analysis is not always fully developed and/or linked to the assessment.	Needs Work The presentation shows no analytical structure and no central assessment.
Communication	Excellent The presentation is imaginative and effective in conveying ideas to the audience. The presenter responds effectively to audience reactions and teachers questions.	Competent Presentation techniques used are effective in conveying main ideas, but a bit unimaginative. Some questions from the teacher remain unanswered.	Needs Work The presentation fails to capture the interest of the audience and/or is confusing in what is to be communicated.
Presentation Skills	Excellent The presenters speak clearly and loudly enough to be heard, using eye contact, a lively tone, gestures, and body language to engage the audience. Also costumes were used effectively.	Competent The presenters speak clearly and loudly enough to be heard, but tends to drone and/or fails to use eye contact, gestures, and body language consistently or effectively at times. Costumes were half way used effectively.	Needs Work The presenters cannot be heard and/or speaks unclearly that she/he cannot be understood. There is no attempt to engage the audience through eye contact, gestures, or body language. Costumes were not used at all.