Teacher rubric for role-play task

Success criteria Indicators of student performance

High Medium Low
Capacity to argue Responds to the Responds to the Responds to the
a convincing interviewer’s interviewer’s interviewer’s
point of view questions with an questions with an questions with an
relevant to a answer wholly answer that is answer that is not
specified role relevant to the role partly relevant to relevant to the role
that is being the role that is that is being
played. being played. played.
Provides several Provides some Provides few or no
convincing supportive supportive
arguments or arguments or arguments or
evidence, both in evidence both in evidence either in
answer to the answer to the answer to the
interviewer’s interviewer’s interviewer’s
questions and in questions and in questions or in the
the personal the personal personal
statement. statement. statement.
Demonstrates Demonstrates Makes little or no
active listening by active listening by reference to
effective and reference to opposing points of
relevant reference opposing points of view.
to opposing points view.
of view.
Use of persuasive Uses several Uses some Uses few or no
language and appropriate and appropriate and strategies to
strategies effective strategies effective strategies persuade audience
appropriate to to persuade to persuade to his/her point of
audience and audience to his/her audience to his/her view
context point of view. point of view. OR
uses strategies
that are
inappropriate to the
audience and/or
context.
Uses assertive Attempts to use Rarely uses
communication assertive assertive
strategies with communication communication
ease on a few strategies. strategies.
occasions.
Control of both Speaks clearly, Generally speaks Occasionally or
verbal and non- accurately and in clearly and rarely speaks
verbal language role. accurately. clearly or
accurately.

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Success criteria Indicators of student performance
High Medium Low
Uses body Uses some Uses little or no
language (eye aspects of body body language to
contact, posture, language to enhance and
gestures) enhance and support speech.
appropriately and support speech.
effectively to
enhance and
support speech.
Employs a variety Employs some Employs few or
of techniques to techniques to limited techniques
enhance the oral enhance the oral to enhance the oral
presentation, eg presentation, eg presentation, eg
pauses, tone, pauses, tone, pauses, tone,
volume, rate. volume, rate. volume, rate.

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