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One Act Plays

Playwrights will write One-Act Plays

Rubric Code: S2W9W6W

By ryanjordan

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Subject: Arts and Design

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Grade 7/8 J 100 %
	Excellent (N/A)	Good (N/A)	Satisfactory (N/A)	Needs Improvement (N/A)
Theme/Originality 25 %	Excellent Logical, fluid development of play. Intent is skillfully intertwined in play and serves the character and story. Very original presentation of material, captures audience's attention.	Good Logical, fluid development of play Some errors in spelling Grammar, punctuation, formatting.	Satisfactory Logical, fluid development of play Careless errors in spelling Grammar, punctuation, formatting. Original presentation of material, captures enough of the audience's attention.	Needs Improvement Illogical and/or fluid development of play. Unoriginal presentation of material, doesn't capture audience's attention.
Plot Development 25 % BIG THINGS and LIFE-ALTERING EVENTS happen. The end is significantly different than the beginning.	Excellent The protagonist has a journey -- there is a clear problem that drives the play. He or she ends up someplace radically different from where he or she began. The climax is where a character solves the problem. There is obvious falling action that is separate from the resolution.	Good The protagonist has a journey that is clearly defined and fairly easy to follow. There is "A Point of No Return." Once the protagonist crosses the line, there is no turning back! The climax is where a character wins or loses. There is some falling action that is separated from the resolution.	Satisfactory The protagonist has a journey that is clearly defined but not easy to follow. There is "A Point of No Return." Once the protagonist crosses the line, there is no turning back! The climax is where a character wins or loses. There is very little falling action that is separated from the resolution.	Needs Improvement The protagonist had no change or one that was not clearly defined or easy to follow. The problem does not drive the action. In other words, there is no purpose to the plot.
Dialogue and Action 25 % All dialogue is active and all action moves the plot.	Excellent Character speaks to get what they want. All characters speak but don't waste time talking and instead shows. The dialogue is realistic, interesting, and expressive. Student puts substantial effort into memorizing the lines and doesn't refer to the script more than once.	Good Many moments of action and dialogue were centered around the main theme of the story. Student puts effort into memorizing the lines and needs to refer to the script four or less times.	Satisfactory Only a few moments and action and dialogue were centered around the main theme and story. Student needed to have put in more effort memorizing the lines and needs to refer to the script more than four times.	Needs Improvement None of the moments of action and dialogue were centered around the main theme and story. Student puts in little to no effort memorizing the lines.
Characters 25 % Every character is essential to the plot	Excellent Characters are realistic, deficient in some ways, and unique. Each character has a clear voice uniquely their own. Each character has a reason to be in the scene.	Good Characters were at least three of the following: strong, interesting, unique and well defined.	Satisfactory Characters were at least two of the following: strong, interesting, unique and well defined.	Needs Improvement Characters were not strong, interesting, unique or well defined.

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