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Reader's Theatre Script

Students will write a Reader's Theater Script based on their book from the original and from another character's perspective.

Rubric Code: MB268W

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Subject: English

Type: Reading

Grade Levels: 9-12

Readers Theater
	Excellent 20 pts	Good 15 pts	Fair 10 pts	Poor 5 pts
Script Format	Excellent The entire play is done neatly and without any formatting issues for the character name, dialogue, and stage directions.	Good Only a couple of formatting issues were apparent, 2-3, in the context of the play.	Fair Students were not consistent with the rules of dialogue, character names, and stage directions.	Poor Students did not follow the rules of dialogue, stage directions, and character names in the format of the play.
Script Development	Excellent The script is interesting, clear, and easy to follow. Students translated the entire text into appropriate Reader's Theater format.	Good The script is interesting, clear, and easy to follow. Students translated a majority of the text into appropriate Reader's Theater format. A few insignificant sections were not correctly re-written.	Fair Students translated a small portion of the text into Reader's Theater format. Too often the text was not re-written to fit script format. The script is sloppy or difficult to follow.	Poor Students did not translate the text into Reader's Theater format. The script is not legible or easy to follow. It is hard for the audience to follow the topic.
Language	Excellent There are no errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Good There 1-2 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Fair There 3-4 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Poor There more than 4 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
Good division of characters	Excellent Student divided the text consistently and creatively between characters.	Good Student divided the text between characters consistently.	Fair Student divided the text between characters.	Poor Student did not divide the text between characters.
Second Perspective	Excellent There was a clear second perspective using a varied point of view from the first reader's theatre while still clear conveying the story.	Good There was a partial change in perspective or point of view.	Fair There was a change in the characters delivering the lines, but no significant point of view change.	Poor There was no point of view change.

Keywords:

Fluency, Intonation, Repeated Reading, Comprehension

Subjects:

English

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