Play Review RUBRIC

Attach one of these rubrics to EACH play Report and/or Review that you have done.

YOU FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING: YOUR NAME______

Name of Play ______

VENUE YOU SAW THIS PLAY______

Author of the play?______When was it written? ______

MR. HUNSAKER COMPLETES THE REST – DO NOT WRITE BELOW THIS LINE ------

Category to be graded / 25 points
Stellar work – publishable / 20 points
Excellent but not publishable / 15 points
You made an average effort / Less than 15
Olive Garden
1. Is the Report or Review at least 750 words? / 750 or more / 500 to 649 / 300 - 499 / Less than 300
2. Are the basic requirements met? / Typed- double spaced, Times New Roman Font – 12 pt,
1 inch margins, Mandatory questions answered, 6 additional questions answered (or more), very neat, rubric page attached, / Typed, double spaced, TNR font 12 pt, somewhat neat, some detail, and somewhat easy to read. / Typed, an attempt was made / A paper was written did not follow the writing rules.
3. Writing skills / Overall paper was full of interesting detail, supported by a topic statement or overall theme, interesting educated opinions, critical original thought / Generalizations, some details but opinions not fully supported with examples from the play or production or critical thinking / Uses words like “good,” “bad” and “very good” “very bad” Paper has no interesting facts about the play or production / Hope you like McDonalds food.
4. Was is worth reading to the class? / I would use it as a class example of great critical writing, informative / Excellent but not a class example / The only thing the class would learn from this paper is how NOT to write a play review or report! / Don’t quit your day job