Story Arts | A Listening Skills Rubric

A Listening Skills Rubric

Developed by Heather Forest

Enthusiastic Listeners Create Great Storytellers!

It's more fun to tell a story it is evident that the listeners want to hear it.

Observable Traits of an Enthusiastic Listener

An alert, enthusiastic listener apparently focuses attention on the speaker, and responds appropriately to dramatic or comedic moments in the communication with silence, laughter, and body language. This type of active listening encourages the communicator.

A listener may be paying attention and yet not seem to be so. This rubric assesses the observable traits of a listener whose intention is to encourage a speaker by showing interest.

Listening Skills Assessment (All of the Time = Competency)

Listener:	None of the Time	Some of the Time	Most of the Time	All of the Time
Apparently focuses attention on the speaker
Responds appropriately to dramatic or comedic moment with silence, laughter, and body language.

Once someone has become an alert, competent listener, it is possible to assess how much of communication has been comprehended.

Evidence Of Story Listening Skills

	Beginner	Intermediate	Proficient	Accomplished
After Listening To A Story A Student:	Can answer non-subjective factual questions such as the names of the characters, the stated setting of the story, the subject matter of the story.	Can summarize the story in an organized fashion with a beginning/middle/end feel.	Can retell the story in a sequence of events with descriptive details, dialogue, and characterization.	Can skillfully retell the story with a sense of metaphor making it relevant. to listeners.