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Character Speech Character Speech/Letter Students will write a speech from the point of view of one of the characters in the book, Anthem, by Ayn Rand. Rubric Code: Z2484XA By Puchalla1 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Character Letter/Speech
	Excellent 5 pts	Good 4 pts	Fair 3 pts	Poor 2 pts
Presentation 10 %	Excellent Speech is completely or mostly memorized. Consistent eye contact with the audience. Easy to hear and understand. Approximately 1-2 minutes long.	Good Speech is partially memorized. Eye contact is occasionally made. Most of the speech is audible. Less than a minute and a half long	Fair Speech is unfamiliar to the speaker. Reading off of paper. Difficult to hear. Less than a minute long.	Poor Unrehearsed. Goofing around during presentation. Very hard to understand.
Creativity 10 %	Excellent Fictional plot and setting of the character's life were clever, fresh, and entertaining. The prompt was not simple mimicked.	Good Some thinking clearly done with regards to elements of setting and plot. Interesting if not ground breaking.	Fair Directions were followed but choices were predictable and flat.	Poor Completely uncreative, the prompt was simply and obviously mimicked.
Conventions of Voice 20 %	Excellent Voice in the speech seem very true to the character based on the novel. Interesting and WELL SUPPORTED choices of characterization such as slang, idioms, tone, etc. clear understanding of the character	Good Voice in the speech seem true to the character based on the novel. Well-supported choices of characterization (slang, idioms, tone, etc.) fairly clear understanding of character.	Fair Voice does not seem to cohere quite right with the character. Choices aren't well-supported Contradictions to the nature of the characters/ present without justification	Poor Doesn't sound like the character at all. Choices unsupported. Contradictions to the nature of the characters present without justification. Little to no understanding of character chosen.
Persuasive Expression 30 %	Excellent Position was clear and justified well. Choices made to express theme were interesting and showed deep insight and analytic ability.	Good Position was readily identifiable and justified. Choices made to express position showed a good level of thematic analysis and understanding.	Fair Position was hard to identify and/or poorly justified. Choices made to express position were ineffective and showed gap in understanding/analysis of character	Poor Position was unclear if present at all. No logical justification was given and choices made to express position were either random or not present. Clear lack of understanding of the character.