High School Fine Arts Speech Judging Sheets

High School Fine Arts Speech Judging Sheets

HSFA SPEECH (INDIVIDUAL) JUDGING SHEET Dramatic Interpretation Poetic Interpretation Religious Interpretation Humorous Interpretation Bible Recitation (circle category) Name: Division: (circle) JV(9-10) Varsity(11-12) School/City: Title: Time: MEMORIZATION: Knowledge of material, hesitation or confusion, necessity for prompting SELECTION: Tasteful, meets time limits, proper identification of author, meets category requirements DICTION: 1. Fluency, articulation, pronounciation, enunciation 2. voice projection, general pitch level, quality of voice COMMUNICATION: Mental rapport with audience, eye contact, ability to hold attention USE OF BODY: 1. posture, bodily movement, gestures 2. facial expression, stage presence, distracting mannerisms INTERPRETATION: 1. style, comprehension and proper emphasis, creation of mood 2. prhasing, contrast, expressions, spiritual or emotional effect OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS: proficiency of delivery, personal appearance, poise, organization of thought

Duet Acting Name: Division: (circle) JV(9-10) Varsity(11-12) School/City: Title: Time: INTERPRETATION Grasp of meaning USE OF BODY Posture Bodily movement Gestures Facial Expression Distracting mannerisms POISE BLOCKING Motivated movement CHARACTERIZATION Action related interplay QUALITY OF SELECTION OVERALL DRAMATIC EFFECT DICTION Within time limit Tempo Build to climax PERFORMANCE: Appearance Stage presence

School: City: Round: HSFA SPEECH JUDGING SHEET Debate Affirmative Team Negative Team School: City: Round: Using the at the bottom of the page, check the point value column on each item which best describes your evaluation of the speaker's effectiveness FIRST AFFIRMATIVE SECOND AFFIRMATIVE FIRST NEGATIVE SECOND NEGATIVE 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 ANALYSIS REASONING EVIDENCE ORGANIZATION REFUTATION DELIVERY TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL AFFIRMATIVE TEAM RATING NEGATIVE TEAM RATING Superior Fair Superior Fair Excellent Poor Excellent Poor Good Good Rank each Debator in order of Excellence - 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE First Affirmative Name Second Affirmative Name First Negative Name Second Negative Name Reason for Decision: In my opinion, the better debating was done by the: AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE Judge's Signature

Readers' Theatre Group Name School/City: Title: Time: # of students STAGING Interesting composition Clarifies the literature USE OF VOICES Voice divisions make sense Voicing contributes to sense of the literature Clarity ADAPTATION OF LITERATURE Creative visualization of setting using allowed object and actors ORIGINALITY CHARACTERIZATION QUALITY OF SELECTION OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS Within time limit Tempo PART ACCURACY PERFORMANCE Diction Eye contact Distracting elements

Choral Speaking Group Name School/City: Title: Time: # of students MEMORIZATION Recall, hesitation or confusion, necessity for prompting DICTION 1. Fluency, articulation, enunciation, pronunciation 2. Voice projection, pitch level, quality of voice MOVEMENT Posture, purpose, gestures, facial expressions, distracting mannerisms COMMUNICATION Mental rapport with audience, eye contact, mental and emotional grasp of material INTERPRETATION 1. Style, mood, phrasing, contrast 2. Expression, spiritual or emotional effect PERFORMANCE Appearance, poise, stage presence, delivery, organization of thought SELECTION Literary value, tasteful, meets category requirements, judicious editing, difficulty Within time limit, tempo, build to climax

One-Act Play Group Name School/City: Title: Time: # of students INTERPRETATION Grasp of meaning USE OF BODY Posture Bodily movement Gestures Facial Expression Distracting mannerisms POISE BLOCKING Motivated movement CHARACTERIZATION Action related interplay QUALITY OF SELECTION OVERALL DRAMATIC EFFECT DICTION Within time limit Tempo Build to climax PERFORMANCE: Appearance Stage presence