Story Telling : Unit 6 Myths, Tall Tales, Fables, Epics and, Legends

Teacher Name: Ms. Mayer

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CATEGORY 40 30 20 10
Setting Lots of vivid, Some vivid, The audience can The audience has
descriptive words are descriptive words are figure out when and trouble telling when
used to tell the used to tell the where the story took and where the story
audience when and audience when and place, but there isn't takes place.
where the story takes where the story takes much detail (e.g., once
place. place. upon a time in a land
far, far away).
Characters The main characters The main characters The main characters It is hard to tell who
are named and clearly are named and are named. The the main characters
described (through described (through audience knows very are.
words and/or actions). words and/or actions). little about the main
The audience knows The audience has a characters.
and can describe what fairly good idea of
the characters look what the characters
like and how they look like.
typically behave.

Problem It is very easy for the It is fairly easy for the It is fairly easy for the It is not clear what
audience to audience to audience to problem the main
understand what understand what understand what character(s) face.
problem the main problem the main problem the main
character(s) face and character(s) face and character(s) face and
why it is a problem. why it is a problem. but it is not clear why
it is a problem.

Solution to The solution to the The solution to the The solution to the No solution was
Problem in problem is easy-to- problem is easy-to- problem was a little attempted or it was
Story understand and is understand and is hard to understand. impossible to
logical. There are no somewhat logical. understand.
loose ends.
Audience Storyteller looks at Storyteller looks at Storyteller looks at Storyteller does not
Contact and tells the story to and tells the story to a and tells the story to look at or try to
all members of the few people in the 1-2 people in the involve the audience.
audience. audience. audience.
Voice Always speaks loudly, Usually speaks loudly, Usually speaks loudly Speaks too softly or
slowly and clearly. Is slowly and clearly. Is and clearly. Speaks so mumbles. The
easily understood by easily understood by fast sometimes that audience often has
all audience members all audience members audience has trouble trouble understanding.
all the time almost all the time. understanding.

Acting/ The student uses The student often uses The student tries to The student tells the
dialogue consistent voices, voices, facial use voices, facial story but does not use
facial expressions and expressions and expressions and voices, facial
movements to make movements to make movements to make expressions or
the characters more the characters more the characters more movement to make
believable and the believable and the believable and the the storytelling more
story more easily story more easily story more easily interesting or clear.
understood. understood. understood.

Connections Connections between Connections between Connections between The story seems very
and Transitions events, ideas, and events, ideas, and events, ideas, and disconnected and it is
feelings in the story feelings in the story feelings in the story very difficult to figure
are creative, clearly are clearly expressed are sometimes hard to out the story.
expressed and and appropriate. figure out. More detail
appropriate. or better transitions
are needed.

Duration The storytelling lasts The storytelling lasts 4 The storytelling lasts 9 The storytelling lasts
5-7 minutes. or 8 minutes. minutes. less than 3 minutes or
more than 9 minutes.
Written Copy The student turns in The student turns in a The student turns in The student turns in
an attractive and complete copy of the an complete copy of an incomplete copy of
complete copy of the story in the correct the story, but the the story.
story in the correct format. format was not
format. correct.

Date Created: Apr 20, 2017 02:51 pm (CDT)