Theme Plays

Your ONE ACT script must include:

1. A list of characters including a description of each of them

2. A plot which includes a moral/lesson learned

3. Detailed scene descriptions (at least three scenes)

4. Dialogue including stage directions

5. Final draft form (typed or written neatly in black or blue ink)

6. Acted out, 5-10 minutes long

Your presentation must include:

1. A narrator introducing each scene (someone who has a small role in the scene)

2. Characters saying memorized lines (everyone in the play must be a character, and the
amount of lines per character should be roughly even, but do not need to be in the entire
play)

3. A story line which includes a moral (lesson)

4. Appropriate costumes

5. Props

6. Acted out, 5-10 minutes long

**** Plays will be performed in front of class, and will be worth 70pts.
****Each student will be graded individually.
 Name :____________________
group names:____________________
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Theme Play Grading Sheet

Title of Play:__________________________________

1. SCRIPT (group grade)

character list
scene descriptions
3 scenes including:
dialogue with detail
story line with moral/theme

30PTS._______

2. COSTUMES AND PROPS (group grade)

appropriate
interesting/creative
relevant

10PTS._______
3. PERFORMANCE
-volume (5pts): novice, apprentice, proficient, distinguished
-delivery of memorized lines (5pts): novice, apprentice, proficient, distinguished
-believable as character (10pts): novice, apprentice, proficient, distinguished

20PTS._______

4. OVERALL STORY APPEAL AND IMPACT

10PTS.______

TOTAL SCORE AND GRADE 70

PTS._______