12 ATAR LITERATURE: CREATIVE ORAL- OTHELLO Name:

CRITERION / Performance categories
Produces neatly presented work that meets the basic task brief -
  • Perform a dramatic monologue from the perspective of a minor character from Othello
  • Required length 4 – 6 minutes.
  • Submission via USB to Mr Jakeway.

USE OF ORIGINAL TEXT – Othello
Usesappropriate elements of Othello (characters, events, social milieu) imaginatively to -
  • create an original and plausible scenario
  • enhance our understanding of a minor characterby developing his or her character in a believable and convincing way
/ Comment
Excellent / Well established / Satisfactory progress / Needs developing
CONVENTIONS OF GENRE/FORM
Creates a coherent and effectively structured dramatic monologue paying attention to how the text works as a whole.
Understands and skilfully employs the appropriate conventions of the dramatic monologue form in a controlled and sustained way. This will entail -
  • Making evident the dramatic situation, the implied audience and the relationship between speaker and listener in a plausible and ‘natural’ way.
  • Revealing the character (including the values and attitudes) of the speaker through the way he or she speaks, as well as what he or she says.

Excellent / Well established / Satisfactory progress / Needs developing
USE OF LANGUAGE FEATURES/ STYLISTIC DEVICES
Deliberate, creative and effective use of a range of language and stylistic devices to create a distinctive voice and to construct character. For example, consider -
  • The use of formal, standard English or non-standard English (dialect and idiomatic language)
  • Tone
  • Diction
  • Syntax
  • The use of italics, dashes, ellipses and other punctuation to indicate pause, pace and volume. You may also use italics.

Excellent / Well established / Satisfactory progress / Needs developing
PERFORMANCE ELEMENTS
  • Create the mood by having appropriate instrumental music playing, sound effects and/or an appropriate backdrop. You may consider the use of appropriate props. Use your imagination!
  • Eye contact - memorise significant portions of your speech so you can make eye contact with your audience. This doesn’t just mean the camera, but the ‘audience’ you would have in front of you as you delivered the monologue. So if you are speaking to more than one person, be sure to look at each ‘person’. If you are a lower class person speaking to your employer, perhaps you would lower your gaze at times.
  • Facial expression
  • Gestures/ body language and posture
  • Volume and clarity
  • Pace and pausing
  • Tone
  • Expressiveness of voice

Excellent / Well established / Satisfactory progress / Needs developing