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iRubric: Drama Writing Rubric

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Drama Writing Rubric Play Rubric Students will write a play with at least 2 acts and at least 3 characters. Play will include: a clear setting; a clear beginning, middle and end (including exposition, climax and denouement); dialogue specific to each character; and a sympathetic protagonist who experiences a compelling conflict/resolution and changes as a result of his or her experience. Rubric Code: HAW3A9 By kimvdb Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Play
	Poor 70 pts	Good 85 pts	Excellent 100 pts
Plot	Poor The play lacks a clear beginning, middle, and end. The protagonist lacks a conflict (a goal to achieve or a problem to solve) and/or a resolution, or the protagonist does not change as a result of the conflict/resolution.	Good The play contains a clear beginning, middle, or end, but not all three. The protagonists has a conflict (a goal to achieve or a problem to solve), but the protagonist does not change as a result of the conflict/resolution.	Excellent The play contains a clear beginning, middle, and end. The protagonist faces a compelling conflict and clearly changes as a result of the conflict and resolution.
Characters/Dialogue	Poor The protagonist is not believable or sympathetic. The protagonist does not have any distinguishing characteristics. Dialogue is not individual to each character. There is no definite antagonist.	Good The protagonist is either believable or sympathetic, but not both. Inconsistent use of distinguishable dialogue to individualize characters. There is an antagonist, but he/she/it is not a strong opponent.	Excellent The protagonist is both believable and sympathetic. The protagonist has at least one distinguishable characteristic. Dialogue reflects individuality of each character. The antagonist is a strong opponent.
Scenes and Settings	Poor The play's setting (place and time) is unclear. The play does not contain at least 2 scenes. Scene and setting details are neither specific, concrete, nor particular.	Good The play's location and/or time period are not well defined. The play's setting is described, but the details are not relevant to the plot. Scene and setting details are present but non- specific.	Excellent The play's local and time period are well defined and described at the beginning of the play, with details that are important to the plot. Scene and setting details are specific, concrete, and particular.