Improvisation Assessment
Student's Name:     ________________________________________				Period: _______
				Grade Level: _____
CATEGORY	Excellent	Good�	Fair�	Needs Improvement�
Character	Formed a well-defined character through voice, movement, clear objectives, tactics, and motivation. 25 points	Strong use of four of the five following elements: voice, movement, clear objectives, tactics, and motivation. 22 points	Strong use of at least three of the following elements: voice, movement, clear objectives, tactics, and motivation. 20 points	Insufficient demonstration of three or more of the following: voice, movement, clear objectives, tactics, and motivation.� 17 points
Story	Actively contributed to the exploration of conflict, and enabled a full story with a satisfying conclusion to form.� "Accepted" suggestions from fellow actors.� Did not block or cancel action. 25 points�	Attempted to actively contribute to the exploration of conflict, enabling a story to form.� OR did not have a satisfying conclusion. Accepted suggestions from fellow actors.� Did not block or cancel action. 22 points	Did little to move the story along, or, simply repeated actions over and over.� Rarely accepted actions offered from fellow actors.� Blocked or canceled fewer than 3 times 20 points	Did not actively contribute to the advancement of the story, refused to accept actions from fellow actors OR "killed" the scene by blocking, canceling, or using violence 3 or more times. 17 points
Setting	Using pantomime skills, established and maintained an appropriate and vivid setting (platform). 25 points�	For the most part, established and maintained an appropriate and vivid setting. 23 points	Established, but did not maintain an appropriate and vivid setting. 20 points	Made no attempt at creating a setting through use of pantomime. 18 points
Ensemble	Creatively integrated the setting, character, fellow cast members, and story into a cohesive performance. 25 points	Integrated 3 of the four elements: character, fellow cast members, setting, story. 23 points	Integrated 2 of the four elements: character, fellow cast members, setting, story. 20 points	Integrated one or none of the following elements: character, fellow cast members, setting, story.� 18 points
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