The document provides a rubric for evaluating storytelling skills. It includes criteria for knowing the story, voice, duration, audience engagement, pacing, and use of props. For each criterion, it lists descriptors and scores for exemplary, accomplished, developing, and beginning levels of performance. For example, for knowing the story it describes telling it well without notes at the exemplary level and reading from notes at the beginning level.

1. Rubrics for Storytelling
Criteria Exemplary
(15)
Accomplished
(12)
Developing
(10)
Beginning
(7)
Knows the
story
Score:
Knows the story well;
has obviously
practiced
telling the story; uses
no notes; speaks with
confidence.
Knows the story
pretty well; some
practice; may use
notes; fairly
confident.
Knows some of the
story; has not
practiced;
relies on notes;
appears
uncomfortable.
Does not know the
story; reads from
notes.
Voice
Score:
Always speaks loudly
and clearly with
correct pronunciation.
Usually speaks loudly
slowly, and clearly,
with correct
pronunciation;
May speak too
softly or
too rapidly;
mumbles
occasionally;
with incorrect
pronunciation
of some words.
Speaks too softly
or too
rapidly; often
mumbles; with
numerous
mispronunciations
of words.
Duration
Score:
Story lasts 2-4
minutes.
Story lasts for less
than 2 minutes and
more than 4 minutes.
Story lasts for 1
minute.
Story lasts in less
than 1 minute.
Audience
Engagement
Score:
Story is
developmentally
appropriate and
interesting for the
audience; Storyteller
looks at all the
audience and
engages them in the
story.
Most of the story is
developmentally
appropriate and
interesting for the
audience; Storyteller
looks at some of the
audience and engages
them in the story.
Some of the story is
developmentally
appropriate for
audience;
Storyteller seldom
looks at the
audience and
somehow engages
them in the story.
Story is
developmentally
inappropriate for
audience;
Storyteller does
not attempt to
engage them in
the story.
Pacing
Score:
Story told at the
appropriate pace,
depending on the
story line.
Story told well, but
some parts may be
rushed or dragged.
Story rushed or
dragged
in several parts.
Story told at one
pace;
no excitement.
Props
Score:
Outstanding use of
props; props are
appropriate to the
storyline.
Good use of props;
props are appropriate
to the storyline.
Uses props some of
the
time; some props
are inappropriate or
are
distracting to the
storyline.
Poor use of props;
uses
no props or
inappropriate
props.