Name:________________________
Readers’ Theatre Rubric
Academy Award Winner
Level 4
Individual All speech is clearly
Clarity, Pace, enunciated, spoken slowly and
loudly enough to be heard by
and Volume
all members of the audience.
Individual Quality and variety of
Expression expression and tone makes the
reading interesting, appealing,
and
and effectively conveys the
Presentation character and message of the
text.
Individual Excellent gestures and eye
Gestures, Eye contact with the audience.
Props are effective and add to
Contact, and
the performance.
Props
Group Presentation runs smoothly
Preparation without interruptions or
prompts suggesting excellent
preparation.
Cooperation Student worked cooperatively
with Group with the group in all aspects of
the project and shared all
responsibilities and ideas
exceptionally well.
Experienced Actor Understudy New Actor
Level 3 Level 2 Level 1
Most speech is clearly Speech is sometimes unclear, Speech is often unclear, too
enunciated, spoken slowly soft, and/or too fast, so some soft, and/or too fast, so most
and loudly enough to be of the character’s lines are not of the character’s lines are not
heard by most members of clearly heard by the audience. clearly heard by the audience.
the audience.
Quality and variety of Reading has pleasant, but Minimal expression and tone
expression and tone makes largely unchanging, makes the reading difficult to
the reading interesting and expression and tone. focus on.
appealing.
Good gestures and eye Few gestures and little eye No gestures or eye contact.
contact with the audience. contact. Props are not used Props are non-existent.
Props are effective. appropriately.
Presentation is generally Occasional pauses and Frequent stops, corrections,
smooth with few interruptions prompts during presentation and prompts during
or prompts suggesting suggest more preparation is presentation suggest a lack of
adequate preparation. needed. preparation.
Student worked cooperatively Student worked cooperatively Student did not work
with the group in most with the group in some cooperatively with the group
aspects of the project and aspects of the project, but and rarely agreed on what to
shared most responsibilities sometimes could not agree on do. Student did not share
and ideas. what to do and wasted time. responsibilities or ideas and
often wasted time.