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Mock Trial/Role Play Performance

For creating speeches based on the Melian Conference in Thucydides' "Peloponnesian Wars" to be presented before the Melian Assembly.

Rubric Code: M8286B

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Subject: English

Type: Presentation

Grade Levels: 9-12

Historical Role Play
	Good 5 pts	Fair 3 pts	Poor 1 pts	Unacceptable 0 pts
Historical Knowledge	Good Speeches showed accurate and sophisticated analysis of the documents and information available from class discussion. Understanding goes beyond knowledge of the facts, and explores motivations and causes.	Fair Speeches showed evidence of accurate knowledge of the documents and class discussion.	Poor Speeches showed some basic knowledge of documents and class discussion .	Unacceptable Speeches show minimal understanding of the documents.
Creativity	Good Performances incorporated arguments based on textual evidence and inference. Creativity and originality is apparent.	Fair Performances incorporated some aspects and understanding of arguments based on textual evidence and inference. Creativity and originality is somewhat apparent.	Poor Performances were not creative or original. They made minimal use of the text to support their arguments.	Unacceptable Performance does not incorporate the text to support the argument.
Equal Participation (if group project)	Good The students in the group participated virtually equally and had a nearly equal impact on the final product.	Fair The students in the group all had significant participation, but some contributed more than others. Not all had an equally meaningful impact on the final product.	Poor At least one student in the group had minimal participation. At least one student failed to contribute significantly to the final product.	Unacceptable Final product appeared to be primarily the work of one student. Off task or inappropriate behavior.
Preparedness	Good It is clearly evident that students had prepared their role by study and practice.	Fair It is somewhat evident that students prepared their role by study and practice.	Poor	Unacceptable Some evidence that students had prepared their role by study and practice. Off task or inappropriate behavior.
Awareness of Rhetorical Situation	Good Students' speeches appear perfectly appropriate for the rhetorical situation, and they are able to give an insightful account of their rhetorical choices by naming specific choices and giving thoughtful justifications.	Fair Students' speeches appear appropriate for the rhetorical situation, and they are able to give an account of their rhetorical choices by naming specific choices and giving specific justifications.	Poor Students' speeches seem generally suited to the rhetorical situation and they are able to give a general justification for their rhetorical choices.	Unacceptable Rhetorical choices do not seem designed to fit the specific rhetorical situation, or justification of rhetorical choices is lacking or seems unconvincing. Inappropriate or off task behavior.

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