Drama/Lit Circle Presentation

I can't believe it's February already! We're officially half way through the year....!!
Don't forget:
Thursday and Friday - Drama/Lit Circle presentations
Friday - Fractions Test

Here is the list for Drama presentations this week:
Thursday:
Maximum Ride
Egghead
Abduction
Crabbe
The Cage
We All Fall Down
Friday:
End of Days
Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Sketches
United We Stand
Fang
Havoc

Here is the outline for the above performances:

Success Criteria:
Performance:

o Tone and actions are appropriate to purpose

o Volume is appropriate (easily heard)

o Speaking to audience (don’t have back to audience)

o Effort and enthusiasm is evident:

o   In character, actively participating

o   Props and costumes

Organization:

o Evidence of practice – performance is well-organized

o Audience is engaged

o Theme/message is clearly communicated (leaves your audience thinking)

	Level 4	Level 3	Level 2	Level 1
Performance - tone	- appropriate tone, which is consistent with and supports the purpose well	- appropriate tone which is consistent with the purpose	- somewhat appropriate tone, sometimes inconsistent with the purpose	- tone is inconsistent with purpose; performance seems incomplete
Performance - audience engagement: volume, actions, facing audience	- always performs in such a way that the audience is engaged	- usually performs in such a way that the audience is engaged	- sometimes performs in such a way that the audience is engaged	- struggles to perform in such a way that the audience is engaged
Performance - enthusiasm and effort	- performed with a high level of enthusiasm and effort	- performed with enthusiasm and effort	- performed with somewhat limited enthusiasm and/or effort	- performed with little or no enthusiasm or effort
Organization - evidence of practice	- performance was well organized and practice is evident	- performance was organized and some practice is evident	- performance is somewhat disorganized and limited practice is evident	- performance is disorganized and no practice is evident
Organization - theme communicated	- theme was clearly communicated and effectively with high impact on the audience	- theme was communicated clearly with a lasting impact on the audience	- theme was communicated with limited impact on the audience	- theme was not communicated clearly; audience not impacted by performance