Reader's Theater
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Date : ___________________ Title of Work: ___________________
 
Criteria
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Interpretation of the story / characters
Students were not exactly correct in their interpretation of the story. Characters were often difficult to tell apart.
Students were on the right track to understanding the story but were slightly off. Characters were sometimes difficult to tell apart.
Correctly interpreted the scene. Characters were generally easy to tell apart.
Correctly interpreted the scene and added insights about the text through their script writing. All the characters were easy to tell apart.
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Fluency
Very little of the skit was read smoothly, clearly, or with expression. More rehearsal required.
Parts of the skit were read smoothly, clearly, and with expression.
Most of the skit was read smoothly, clearly, and with expression.
Entire skit was read smoothly, clearly, and with great expression.
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Group Work / Collaboration
Students showed limited enthusiasm about creating, rehearsing, and performing the section the story they developed into reader's theater. They demonstrated little group effort and cooperation, requiring consistent teacher reminders to stay on task.
Students were sometimes enthusiastic about creating, rehearsing, and performing the section of the story they developed into reader's theater. They showed some group effort and cooperation, but required several teacher reminders to stay on task.
Students were usually enthusiastic about creating, rehearsing, and performing the section of the story they developed into reader's theater. They showed some group effort and cooperation.
Students were enthusiastic about creating, rehearsing, and performing the section of the story they developed into reader's theater. They demonstrated great group effort and cooperation.
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