iRubric: Opera Critique/Review rubric

edit print share Copy to my rubrics Bookmark test run assess... delete Do more...

Opera Critique/Review

Rubric for dance class project on opera/use of critique.

Rubric Code: Q24X2W2

By Sir_Pat

Ready to use

Public Rubric

Subject: Dance

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Critique Elements
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Historical Information	Excellent Exceptionally written, very informative and entertaining, gives detailed historical and/or biographical information on the composer, librettist and/or the history of the opera in the review.	Good Well-written, mentions most of the biographical and/or historical information on the composer, librettist and/or the history of the opera, and is a mostly informative review.	Fair Some factual errors exist in the historical and/or biographical information on the composer, librettist and/or the history of the opera, and there is limited information that is presented in the review.	Poor Poorly written; there are numerous factual errors in the material that is presented, no mention is made of the composer, librettist, and/or the history of the opera itself.
Highlights of the Production	Excellent Contains a brief summary of the plot WITHOUT giving away the ending. It includes the main characters, performers and major arias discussed in class, as well as the visual aspect of the performance.	Good Contains a brief summary of the plot WITHOUT giving away the ending, but is missing either discussion of the main characters, performers and/or major arias discussed in class, as well as the visual aspect of the performance.	Fair Contains a very brief summary of the plot, but gives away the ending. Information on the characters, performers, and/or arias is either missing or extremely limited in nature.	Poor The summary of the plot is missing entirely. There is no information listed on the characters, performers and/or the arias listened to and discussed in class.
Recommendation	Excellent The review provides a clear, strong statement of the author's position on the topic, and uses information given in the review to reinforce their position on the topic.	Good The review provides a mostly clear, strong statement of the author's position on the topic, and uses most information given in the review to reinforce their position on the topic.	Fair The author's position is apparent, but is not particularly strong or clear. It uses some or limited information presented in order to reinforce their position on the topic.	Poor The author's position is not clear and does not make sense. It does not use information (or is missing information) presented in order to reinforce their position on the topic.
Creativity	Excellent Excellent quality and effort are evident in the final product. The review is easy and interesting to read, and offers the reader many interesting points about the performance.	Good Good quality and effort are evident in the final product. The review is easy to read, and offers a few points of interest to the reader about the performance.	Fair Adequate quality and effort are in the final product. The review is able to assist the reader but is difficult to follow. The guide could be simplified and begins to show lack of interest for the reader.	Poor Poor quality and effort are evident in the final product. The guide is not able to be followed, and does not have useful information for the reader to keep their interest.
Spelling/Grammar:	Excellent The author makes no errors in spelling and/or grammar that will distract the reader from the content presented.	Good The author makes 1 to 2 errors in spelling and/or grammar that might begin to distract the reader from the content presented.	Fair The author makes 3 to 4 errors in spelling and/or grammar that begin to distract the reader from the content presented.	Poor The author makes more than 4 errors in spelling and/or grammar that is distracting the reader from the content presented.
Story Telling Elements	Excellent The review provides a detailed example of how movement and music communicated and/or helped move the storyline.	Good The review provides a clear example and has some details of how movement and music communicated and/or helped move the storyline.	Fair The review provides a few details and/or an unclear example of how movement and music communicated and/or helped move the storyline.	Poor The review does not provide a detailed example of how movement and music communicated and/or helped move the storyline.

Keywords:

opera, critique

Subjects:

Dance
Music

Types:

Project

Discuss this rubric