ART APPRECIATION
PERFORMANCE TASK
RUBRIC
8 | Students made specific 4 | Students made some 2 | Students made little
6 | Students made
Character and creative character choices but some were to no choices or did
specific choices that
Choices choices that enhanced the vague or did not fit within not show this aspect in
worked within the script.
script. the intentions of the text. the performance.
8 | Students’ choreography 6 | Students’ 4 | Students’ choreography
2 | Students make little
is specific, accurate, and choreography is specific is sometime accurate but
to no choreography or
creative and helped and mostly accurate, and sometime vague and/or did
Choreography did not show this
illustrate who their character helped illustrate who their not help illustrate who their
aspect in the
was and helped tell the character was and helped character was and/or help
performance.
story. tell the story. tell the story.
8 | Students’ blocking is 6 | Students’ blocking is 4 | Students’ blocking is
2 | Students had little
specific and creative and specific and helped occasionally vague or did
to no blocking or did
Blocking helped illustrate who their illustrate who their not illustrate who their
not show this aspect in
character was within the character was within the character was within the
the performance.
text. text. text.
8 | Students have great 6 | Students have good 4 | Students occasionally 2 | Students show no
Energy
energy. energy. drop energy. energy.
8 | Students clearly apply 6 | Students apply some
4 | Little of the student’s 2 | No creativity is
Creativity their own creativity to their of their own creativity to
own creativity is applied. shown.
scene. their scene.
2 | Students are
8 | Students are completely 6 | Students are mostly 4 | Students are
completely unfocused
Concentration focused throughout their focused throughout their occasionally unfocused
and completely
performance. performance. and/or dropped character.
dropped character.
2 | Students had little
6 | Students flubbed a memorization, and/or
8 | Students had completely 4 | Students flubbed
few lines, but for the most used their script and
Memorization memorized all their lines as several lines, and/or were
part was memorized and did not show this
well as their cues. not completely memorized.
knew their cues. aspect in the
performance.
4 | Students’ dictions and
6 | Students’ dictions or 2 | Student’s diction
Diction, 8 | Students’ diction and articulation were unclear
articulations are unclear and articulation was
Articulation articulation are clear. often during the
occasionally. continually unclear.
performance.
2 | Group did not seem
6 | Group has “lead”
to have worked out
8 | All members of the group actors, “supporting” 4 | Group has “lead actors”
performance
have equal stage time, actors, and a chorus with and a chorus with different
Ensemble responsibilities
lines, and singing different amounts of amounts of performance
together. Did not seem
responsibilities. performance responsibilities.
to be performing
responsibilities.
together.
2 | Students did not
8 | Students turn in their 6 | Students turn in their 4 | Students turn in a script have notations in their
Script Notations script with all appropriate script with some blocking with more than just their script or a significant
blocking notations. notations (some missing). blocking (group script). amount of notation
was missing.
Poise, 8 | Students are mostly
10 | Students are poised on poised on stage, had a 6 | Students occasionally 4 | Students seemed
Stage Presence, stage, had a comfortable stage presence that was seemed uncomfortable or uncomfortable and
stage presence. comfortable most of the unsure on stage. unsure on stage.
Projection time.
OVERALL 10 | The group is focused, 8 | The group is pretty 6 | The group is somewhat 4 | The group is not
GROUP enthusiastic, and committed focused and somewhat focused, but not really focused is only going
PERFORMANCE to the performance. enthusiastic. enthusiastic. through the motions.
Total Number of Points
/100
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