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The Bully Screenplay Rubric

Students will work in groups to write a 2-5 page "screenplay" for the scene of their choice using two or more characters from the novel. In order to demonstrate proficiency in these formats, students use both the screenwriting and playwriting structure. In other words, students may write a scene for a play or a movie. Then, the students will act out their scenes for the class.

Rubric Code: S88382

By mrsbeaver

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

The Bully
	Poor 10 pts	Fair 15 pts	Good 20 pts	Excellent 25 pts
Dialogue is included	Poor Not engaging. No attempts to differentiate between characters. Hard to understand. Would be hard to act on stage or on film. Not school appropriate.	Fair A bit vanilla, and not specific to a character. Relies too heavily on exposition to communicate the storyline.	Good Good dialogue, but all of the characters sound the same. Message gets across, but not particularly creative.	Excellent Natural and specific to the character. Interesting and engaging. No fluff.
Stage Directions/Screen play	Poor There are no directions and/or directions are too specific/not essential to the understanding of the plot/character.	Fair Stage directions are hard to understand/visualize. For a play: directions are impossible for a theatrical performance	Good Stage directions are clear, but not necessarily essential to the understanding of the plot/character.	Excellent Directions are essential to the understanding of the plot/character. Writer does not presume to direct the director.
Format	Poor Does not follow the formats specified.	Fair Format is somewhat followed, but should include more details.	Good Format is followed 90%. All important details are included.	Excellent Names of characters are all bolded. Play: stage directions are italicized, all dialogue is left justified.
Acting	Poor Acting is poorly done and unrealistic.	Fair There's little memorization of lines. Characters are not very believable.	Good Most students memorized their lines. Characters are believable and scene is realistic.	Excellent All students have memorized their lines. Characters are believable and realistic.