8/2/2019 Rubric for Creating and Performing a 10-Minute,
Original, Absurdist Work
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Rubric for Creating and Performing a 10-Minute Absurdist
Play
Performance & Product-Based Assessment
Grade 12 Drama Absurdist Theater Unit
Rubric Excellent Good Fair Poor
Quality and content of the
written play or text
Professionalappearance
Met assignmentguidelines
Clearideas
Conflictof play is apparent
Professional
Met guidelines Clear ideas
Conflict apparent
Mostly professional
Met most guidelines Mostly clear ideas
Conflict could have
been more apparent
Somewhat professional
Met some guidelines Somewhat clear ideas
Conflict was somewhat
apparent
Not professional
Guidelines were notmet
Ideas were not clear
No apparent conflict
Proof of creativeprocess
Research materials cited
and turned in
Rehearsal schedule
created & followed
Rough draft and final draftshow revision
Cited research
turned in
Schedule created
& followed
Revision apparent
Met most citation
and research
requirements
Schedule mostly
created & followed
Revision mostlyapparent
Met some citation and
research requirements
Schedule somewhat
created & followed
Revision somewhat
apparent
Research and citation
requirements not met
Schedule was not
created and was not
followed
Revision was notapparent
Reflection Paper
Turned in
Included analysis of
absurdist influences
Included how the analysis
was incorporated into the
performance
Turned in
Met analysis
requirement
Met the how
requirement
Turned in
Mostly met analysis
requirement
Mostly met the how
requirement
Turned in
Somewhat met analysis
requirement
Somewhat met the how
requirement
Did not turn in
Did not meet analysis
requirement
Did not meet the how
requirement
Use of creativity inperformance
Noveland appropriate
Connected to absurdist
performance style
Professionalism
Novel &appropriate
Connected to the
style
Professional
Mostly novel &appropriate
Mostly connected to
style
Mostly professional
Somewhat novel &appropriate
Somewhat connected to
style
Somewhat professional
Was not novel &appropriate
Was not connected to
style
Was not professional
* Student were given an assignment sheet spelling out the
requirements of each of these grading criteria
** Students were previously informed that extra credit could be
earned by going above and beyond in research
*** Spanning criteria scores in the rubric will need to be
averaged for the final grade
**** Script writing, organization, and performance was taught in
class and ungraded assessment used throughout the unit
***** Students were instructed what it means to perform
professionally in theater (including not stopping
mid-performance)
