THTR 4803 Creative Expressions in the Elementary School - Puppet Show Rubric

CATEGORY Target 4 3 2 1
Elements of
Attributes Target Acceptable
Standard Unacceptable

1. Puppet Skills/Abilities Puppeteers Puppeteers Puppeteers

Manipulation always generally rarely
manipulated manipulated manipulated
puppets so puppets so puppets so
audience audience audience
could see could see could see
them. them. them.
2. Puppet Skills/Abilities Puppets Puppets Puppets
Construction were original, were original were not
creative, and and constructed
constructed constructed well. Pieces
well. No fairly well. No fell off during
pieces fell off pieces fell off the
during the during the performance.
performance. performance.
3. Skills/Abilities Play was Play had Play needed
Playwriting creative and several more
really held creative creative
the elements and elements and
audience's usually held did not hold
interest. the the
audience's audience's
interest. interest..
4. Scenery Skills/Abilities Scenery was Scenery was Scenery got
creative, creative and in the way of
added did not get in the puppets
interest to the way of OR
the play, and the puppets. distracted the
did not get in audience.
the way of
the puppets.
5. Voice Skills/Abilities Voices of Voices of Voices of
Projection puppeteers puppeteers puppeteers
were always were were rarely
audible to generally audible to
people sitting audible to people sitting
in the back people sitting in the back
row. in the back row.
row.
6. Accuracy Skills/Abilities All important Almost all Much of the
of Story parts of story important story was left
were parts of story out or was
included and were included inaccurate.
and were
were
accurate.
accurate.
7. Skills/Abilities Puppeteers' Puppeteers' Puppeteers'
Expression voices voices voices were
(Vocal variety showed a lot showed monotone
in rate of of expression some and not
speaking, pitch, and emotion. expression expressive.
volume, and emotion.
pausing, and
inflection.)

8. Staying in Skills/Abilities Puppeteers Puppeteers Puppeteers

Character stayed in stayed in acted silly or
character character showed off.
throughout generally
the throughout
performance. the
performance.