MEISNER SPOON RIVER MONOLOGUES

CATEGORY
LEVEL 4
Communication (80-100%)
LINES
You really
made the text
your own story
BEATS

QUESTION
(gives
emotional
motivation)
SCAPE

CHARACTER

DELIVERY

EMOTIONAL
EXPLORATION

Beats develop
the story, flow
naturally and
build to the
final statement
You truly
listened, and
gave an
authentic
Meisner
response
EXTREMELY
clear who
youre speaking
to,
where you are,
any/all
circumstances

LEVEL 3
(70-79%)
The words
sounded natural
coming out of
your mouth
Beats were clear
and fit the
emotion and
intention

LEVEL 2
(60-69%)
You knew the
lines, but it was
still a reading

LEVEL 1
(50-59%)
Lines shaky

Beats were
there, but
choppy

Not enough
beats, details
run together

A clear answer to
a clear question

Heard a
question, but
gave a stock
response

Didnt listen
or respond to
question

CONSIDERABLY
clear who youre
speaking to,
where you are,
any/all
circumstances

SOMEWHAT
clear who
youre speaking
to,
where you are,
any/all
circumstances

LIMITED
clarity on
who youre
speaking to,
where you
are,
any/all
circumstances
Hard to detect

True
Character clear,
Off the page,
behaviour,
natural and
but not full
ind. activity,
believable
natural in the
moment
reactions
Driven by
Emotion natural
Needs to be
Missed
true
and honest
more
emotional
emotion
expressive
cues
canoe always
moved by
water
You explored character and played with various emotions that might drive
the speech, then chose one driving emotion and justified it . . . Y/N

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