Romeo and Juliet
Soundtrack Rubric
NAME (s)______
Thesis Paragraphs(minimum
of 5-maximum 10) / Structure is excellent-clear topic sentences, lead ins, and closing sentences. Makes clear references to mood, lyrics, or theme of song and relates directly to the play. Evidence goes beyond obvious. Analysis is insightful. Shows critical thinking between two art forms. Evocative-Makes the reader think. / Structure is solid-you may be missing a topic sentence, lead in, or a closing. Makes clear references to the mood, lyrics, or theme of song and relates directly to the play. Evidence goes beyond obvious. Analysis is insightful, although at times a bit superficial. Shows some critical thinking between two art forms. / Structure is shaky—you are missing a few topic sentences, lead ins, or closing sentences. Makes references to the song’s mood, lyrics, or theme, but the connection to play is a bit obvious. Analysis is superficial. Shows minimal critical thinking between two art forms. / Structure is poor. These were to be thesis paragraphs-not summaries. Makes insufficient references to the songs’ connections to the play. Mood, lyrics, or theme were not adequately discussed. Connections to play are obvious. Analysis is superficial or lacking. No critical thinking shown here. Paragraphs are incomplete.
Complete, creative jacket / Neat and Colorful.
Images of play are clear.
Names of songs and artists are clear. Names of project creators are clearly marked. You could be a graphic designer! / Colorful and fun-it could be neater. Images of play are clear. Names of songs and artists are clear. Names of project creators are clearly marked. A nice job overall. / This could be more colorful or neater. Few images of play are displayed.
Names of songs and artists are clear. Names of project creators are clearly marked. / This is not very colorful or neat. Where are the images of the play? Names of songs and artists are not totally clear. Names of project creators are marked, but I had to look for them. You did know this was a project, right?
Insightful, creative choice of songs / Connections between songs and play are insightful and creative. Critical thinking is evident . You really took the time to select these songs-that is clear. There are varied connections to play, showing me a strong effort in creating a varied repertoire of songs. Songs appropriate for class- no profanity or sexual content. It is appropriate for age and school. Grandma would listen to this with pride. / Connections between songs and play are insightful and creative for most of the songs. Critical thinking evident with most of the choices. There are varied connections to play, showing me an effort in creating a varied repertoire of songs. Songs appropriate for class, although there may have been one I was wondering about….HMMMM. Grandma probably wouldn’t be able to hear the risqué lyrics but Mom would…. / Connections between songs and play are clear, but not always insightful or creative. There should be more critical thinking. Some connections to the play are repeated, showing me you could have put in more effort. You dared test me on a song? I am not that old- I heard those suggestive lyrics. Both Grandma and Mom would be shocked! / Connections between songs and play are not clear, insightful or creative. There is hardly any critical thinking here. The connections to the play are repeated, showing me you could have put in more effort. This was not meant to be a jam session- these songs are not meant to be heard by my ears! What would Grandma say? Heck, even your aunt-the young one, would be upset!
Mechanics / Concise and clear.
Varied sentence structure.
Mechanically clean. Great vocabulary. This was really a stylish, insightful piece of work. Well done. / This is concise and clear and it has a
varied sentence structure. Mechanically there were a few errors. Good vocabulary. This was a solid job. Your writing has both structure and support. / This is not as concise or clear as I would like. The sentence structure could be more mature. Mechanically there were errors in a few categories. Your writing still needs improvement. Keep practicing. / This is not concise or clear. The sentence structure is too basic. This appears to be unedited. Your writing still needs a lot of work. There should be no reason why you could not have proofread. Effort goes a long way.