This rubric evaluates students on 10 skills related to creative drama activities: 1) Concentration and believability in drama activities. 2) Use of sensory recall to create believable pantomimes. 3) Use of appropriate language to communicate thoughts, feelings, and character. 4) Expression of original and imaginative ideas in discussions and activities. 5) Contribution to planning and performing scenes developed in small groups.

1. CREATIVE DRAMA RUBRIC
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Student: ____________________________________
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SKILL Exceeds Expectations. Meets Expectations. Does Not Meet Expectations. Comments. Grade.
(8-10) (5—7) (1-4)
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1.Demonstrates Sustains focus and Sustains focus and Breaks concentration and
concentration and commitment thrghout the concentration throughout most lacks focus..
believality in drama entire activity of the activity.
activities.
2.Uses details from Draws upon multiple senses Draws upon one of the five Sense recall and ability to
sensory recall to create when imagining and gives senses to create recognizable describe are
believable pantomime. detailed descriptions,creates pantomime work. limited;pantomime does not
spcific and believable communicate.
pantomime work.
3.Uses language to Uses language appropiate to Language is somewhat Language is inappropiate to
communicate carácter and communicates a appropiate to carácter and carácter and communicates
thought,feeling and high level of comunicates a satisfactory minimal information.
carácter. information,thought,and level of information about
feeling. thought and feeling.
4.Expresses original Work reflects high degree of Work reflects satisfactory Work lacks originality and
and imaginative ideas originality and imagination. degree of originality and imagination.
in discussion and/or imagination..
drama activities.
5.Contributes to the Assumes positive leadership Sustains interest in scene Interest is low; contribution is
planning and playing of role in the group while readily planning process, accepts the negligible.
scenes developed by accepting the suggestions of suggestions of others, and
small groups. others in helping to move the may offer suggestions
scene forward. sometimes.

2. Comments Grade.
(8-10) (5-7) (1-4)
6.Interacts with and Really accepts assigned Accepts assigned Resists working with
supports peers as co- partners,listens to other group partners,listens respectfully to partners,does not listen to
creators. members respectfully,supports oter group members,goes discussion,fails to go along
group decisions. alone with group decisions. with group decisions.
7.Develops and Uses whole body to establish Uses body to establish Does not use body to establish
maintains carácter carácter,sustains dialogue and character sometimes;uses character,fails to employ
through carácter voice appropiate to voice and dialogue appropiate character dialogue or
,movement,dialogue, carácter;speech is clear and to carácter sometimes;speech voice;speech is unclear and
vocal projection and volume is audible. is clear and volumen audible voice inaudible.
scene work. usually.
8.Uses beginning Presents organized scene with Presents organized scene with Scene is porly organized,too
,middle ,end and a clearly defined conflict. a conflict. Long or too short,and conflicto
conflict in scene work. is poorly defined.
9.Listens and reflects Listens and watches Listens and watches .Poor audience member
as an attentive attentively and makes attentively and comments and/or unable to comment on
audience member. comments demonstrating appropiately. scene.
perceptiveness,specificity
and/or aesthetic judgments.
10.Responds to .Draws upon specific details Draws upon specific details Unable to draw upon specific
cultural similarities and from the cultural or historical from the cultural or historical details from the cultural or
differences as a result background of the drama background of the drama historical background of the
of participating in activity during playing and activity during playing or drama activity during playing
drama activities. discussion. discussion. and/or discussion.
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