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    This document provides a rubric for evaluating performances of Spoon River Monologues from the perspective of Meisner technique. It evaluates delivery, beats, response to questioning, clarity of character and circumstance, and emotional exploration. The highest level involves making the text your own story, with beats that build naturally to a conclusion, a clear and authentic response to questioning, extremely clear character and setting, and emotion that is natural, believable and drives the performance.

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    This document provides a rubric for evaluating performances of Spoon River Monologues from the perspective of Meisner technique. It evaluates delivery, beats, response to questioning, clarity of character and circumstance, and emotional exploration. The highest level involves making the text your own story, with beats that build naturally to a conclusion, a clear and authentic response to questioning, extremely clear character and setting, and emotion that is natural, believable and drives the performance.

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    This document provides a rubric for evaluating performances of Spoon River Monologues from the perspective of Meisner technique. It evaluates delivery, beats, response to questioning, clarity of character and circumstance, and emotional exploration. The highest level involves making the text your own story, with beats that build naturally to a conclusion, a clear and authentic response to questioning, extremely clear character and setting, and emotion that is natural, believable and drives the performance.

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    MEISNER SPOON RIVER MONOLOGUES

    CATEGORY
    LEVEL 4
    Communication (80-100%)
    LINES
    You really
    made the text
    your own story
    BEATS

    QUESTION
    (gives
    emotional
    motivation)
    SCAPE

    CHARACTER

    DELIVERY

    EMOTIONAL
    EXPLORATION

    Beats develop
    the story, flow
    naturally and
    build to the
    final statement
    You truly
    listened, and
    gave an
    authentic
    Meisner
    response
    EXTREMELY
    clear who
    youre speaking
    to,
    where you are,
    any/all
    circumstances

    LEVEL 3
    (70-79%)
    The words
    sounded natural
    coming out of
    your mouth
    Beats were clear
    and fit the
    emotion and
    intention

    LEVEL 2
    (60-69%)
    You knew the
    lines, but it was
    still a reading

    LEVEL 1
    (50-59%)
    Lines shaky

    Beats were
    there, but
    choppy

    Not enough
    beats, details
    run together

    A clear answer to
    a clear question

    Heard a
    question, but
    gave a stock
    response

    Didnt listen
    or respond to
    question

    CONSIDERABLY
    clear who youre
    speaking to,
    where you are,
    any/all
    circumstances

    SOMEWHAT
    clear who
    youre speaking
    to,
    where you are,
    any/all
    circumstances

    LIMITED
    clarity on
    who youre
    speaking to,
    where you
    are,
    any/all
    circumstances
    Hard to detect

    True
    Character clear,
    Off the page,
    behaviour,
    natural and
    but not full
    ind. activity,
    believable
    natural in the
    moment
    reactions
    Driven by
    Emotion natural
    Needs to be
    Missed
    true
    and honest
    more
    emotional
    emotion
    expressive
    cues
    canoe always
    moved by
    water
    You explored character and played with various emotions that might drive
    the speech, then chose one driving emotion and justified it . . . Y/N

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