Unit 1 Embedded Assessment 2 - Monologue Scoring Rubric
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Unit 1 Embedded Assessment 2 - Monologue Scoring Rubric
Scoring Criteria / Exemplary 100 - 88 / Proficient 86-72 / Emerging 70-BelowIdeas / • Each monologue clearly and skillfully establishes a situation, voice, and purpose.
• Monologues are fully and thoughtfully developed and portray two of your actual voices (personas).
• Monologues are written in different voices and registers (one is more formal than the other); at least one is a dramatic monologue. / • Each monologue clearly establishes a situation, voice, and purpose
• Monologues are mostly developed and portray two of your voices, although they may not be authentically your own.
•Although monologues are written in different voices, registers are similar; at least one is a dramatic monologue. / • Voice, situation, and/or purpose is not clearly established in one or both pieces.
• Monologue is minimally developed or underdeveloped in one or both pieces. Voices may not be your actual voice and may not be contrasting.
•There may not be a dramatic monologue.
Organization / • Ideas in both monologues are arranged in ways that perceptively support specific voices and communicate the intended messages.
• The texts creatively and
accurately relate to specific voices and are appropriately formatted (MLA) and sufficiently long/developed. / •Ideas are arranged in ways that adequately support specific voices and communicate the intended messages.
• The texts relate to a specific voice and are appropriately formatted (MLA) and meet minimum length requirements. / •Ideas are arranged in
ways that detract from the specific voices and intended messages.
•The texts are not suitable for specific voices and/or may be inappropriately formatted or too short.
Conventions / • Punctuation is purposeful and appropriate for the speaker’s voices.
•The writing demonstrates strong control and mastery of standard conventions.
•Either no errors appear, or they are so slight that they do not interfere with the meaning.
• All writing is formatted according to instructions. / •Punctuation is generally appropriate for the speaker’s voices.
•The writing demonstrates control of standard writing conventions.
•Though some errors may appear, they do not seriously impede readability.
•Most of the writing is formatted correctly. / •The writing demonstrates a lack of control of standard writing conventions.
•Frequent errors seriously interfere with the meaning.
•The writing is not formatted correctly.
Use of Language / •Diction and syntax are
purposeful and appropriate for the speaker’s voice and purpose in each monologue. / •Diction and syntax
are appropriate for the speaker’s voice, but may
demonstrate incorrect or awkward word choice (diction) or sentence structure (syntax). / •Diction and syntax may be inappropriate
for the speaker’s voice in one or both pieces.
•Diction and syntax may demonstrate incorrect or awkward word choice or sentence structure.
Scoring Criteria / Exemplary 100-88 / Proficient 86-72 / Emerging 70-Below
Reflection / •The reflection insightfully and thoroughly explains the writer’s different voices in an appropriate register.
•It justifies using those voices for a given situation, audience, and purpose by thoughtfully analyzing the significance of voice as a necessary life skill and an expression of identity. / •The reflection explains the writer’s different voices, but may not be fully academic/formal in register.
•It justifies using those voices for a given situation, audience, and purpose by describing the significance of voice as a necessary life skill and as an aspect of identity. / •The reflection may give a minimal response to the writer’s different voices and is written too informally.
•If an attempt was made to justify using those voices for a given situation, audience, and purpose, it may do little to describe the significance of voice as a necessary life skill or an expression of identity.
Presentation/Performance / •Voice is presented eloquently using appropriate tone, volume,, facial expression, body language, vocal intonation, pace, and eye contact.
•The piece is orally presented to dramatic effect. / •Voice is presented adequately using relatively appropriate tone, volume, facial expression and body language. The pace may be a bit off, and the eye contact may be somewhat limited.
•There is some attempt to present the voice to dramatic effect. / • Voice is presented poorly, with little attention to tone, volume, facial expression, body language, pacing and/or eye contact.
•There is little, if any, attention to dramatic effect.
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