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Our Town Monologue

Students must write a monologue for one of the characters in Our Town. The monologue must be believable based on the play. Students should write in dialogue form and include stage directions. It needs to be 1/2-1 page typed.

Rubric Code: V67C9W

By sdilauro

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Subject: English

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: 6-8

Our Town Monologue
	Weak 2 pts	Adequate 6 pts	Outstanding 10 pts
Story Development 15 pts	Weak The monologue's story is hard to follow/understand and is not in a logical order.	Adequate The monologue's story is not too hard to follow/understand and is in a slight logical order.	Outstanding The monologue's story is easy to follow/understand and is in a logical order.
Performance 15 pts	Weak The student displayed little to no performance techniques which did not at all go well with their monologue.	Adequate The student displayed some performance techniques which sometimes went well with their monologue.	Outstanding The student displayed excellent performance techniques which went well with their monologue.
Creativity 10 pts	Weak The script lacked creative elements.	Adequate The script has some elements of creativity.	Outstanding The script demonstrates an exceptional amount of creativity.
Language and Style 10 pts	Weak Uses appropriate language and style with limited effectiveness	Adequate uses appropriate language and style with some effectiveness	Outstanding Uses appropriate language and style with a high degree of effectiveness
Script Writing Principles 10 pts	Weak Does not follow the basic rules for script writing. Has many writing/spelling errors.	Adequate Follows the basic rules for script writing sometimes and has few writing/spelling errors.	Outstanding Always follows the basic rules for script writing with minor errors and has practically no writing/spelling errors.
Voice 10 pts	Weak Communicates in the voice of the speaker with limited effectiveness	Adequate Communicates in the voice of the speaker with some effectiveness	Outstanding Communicates in the voice of the speaker with a high degree of effectiveness