Educational Objective: Students will demonstrate their applied learning and monologue practice by performing their full monologue alone in front of the class. Materials Needed: Stopwatch or timer of some kind Rubrics for grading students, (influenced by and partly taken from ) Teaching Presentation: First ask for volunteers to perform their monologues, then call on students if no one else volunteers. All students must slate and perform their monologues in under three minutes. Time them. Thank them for their hard work. Give some class notes on monologues that applied to many students, then dismiss them. Monologue Rubric Criteria Excellent Work Good Work Fair Work Poor Work (88-100 points) (80-88 points) (70-79 points) (0-69 points) of view and point of view point of view point of view and person are and person are and person are person are integrated; an clear, focused, clear and inconsistent; an Elements implied listener and consistent; consistent; an implied listener is is evident an implied implied listener seldom evident throughout the listener is is evident monologue established natural gestures gestures or behaviors, lacks and movement movements are gestures, or involvement; no Physical enhance fine, but may movements do movement or Delivery message; fit have omitted not fit the gestures character or role obvious character character behaviors adjusts volume, uses volume, uses volume, uses volume, tone, and pace to tone, and pace tone, and pace tone, and pace achieve a special appropriate to somewhat to inappropriately or effect or for the content and suit the content ineffectively; impact; purpose; and purpose; limited use of Speaking nonverbal nonverbal nonverbal nonverbal Techniques gestures and gestures and gestures and gestures and facial expression facial facial facial expressions enhance expression suit expressions are characterization the character occasionally distracting or inappropriate to the character Fully Mostly Poorly Not memorized; Memorization memorized and memorized but memorized; needs constant does not need stumbles over a needs
Educational Objective: Students will demonstrate their applied learning and monologue practice by performing their full monologue alone in front of the class. Materials Needed: Stopwatch or timer of some kind Rubrics for grading students, (influenced by and partly taken from ) Teaching Presentation: First ask for volunteers to perform their monologues, then call on students if no one else volunteers. All students must slate and perform their monologues in under three minutes. Time them. Thank them for their hard work. Give some class notes on monologues that applied to many students, then dismiss them. Monologue Rubric Criteria Excellent Work (88-100 points) Good Work (80-88 points) Fair Work (70-79 points) Poor Work (0-69 points) Elements of view and person are integrated; an implied listener is evident throughout the monologue point of view and person are clear, focused, and consistent; an implied listener is established point of view and person are clear and consistent; an implied listener is evident point of view and person are inconsistent; an implied listener is seldom evident Physical Delivery natural gestures and movement enhance message; fit character or role gestures or movements are fine, but may have omitted obvious character behaviors behaviors, gestures, or movements do not fit the character lacks involvement; no movement or gestures Speaking Techniques adjusts volume, tone, and pace to achieve a special effect or for impact; nonverbal gestures and facial expression enhance characterization uses volume, tone, and pace appropriate to the content and purpose; nonverbal gestures and facial expression suit the character uses volume, tone, and pace somewhat to suit the content and purpose; nonverbal gestures and facial expressions are occasionally distracting or inappropriate to the character uses volume, tone, and pace inappropriately or ineffectively; limited use of nonverbal gestures and facial expressions Memorization Fully memorized and does not need Mostly memorized but stumbles over a Poorly memorized; needs Not memorized; needs constant
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