PresentationalSpeakingRubric

Delivery/Pronunciation
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efforttounderstandstudent:
tounderstandstudent:
effortstounderstandstudent:
Accent
Accent
Accent
Intonation
Intonation
Intonation
Pronunciation
Pronunciation
Pronunciation
Fewdistractingpausesand
Somedistractingpausesand
Frequentdistracting
hesitations
hesitations
pausesandhesitations
Presenceisexemplarythe
Presenceisengagingthepresenter Presenceissometimesnot
presentermaintainseyecontact
almostalwaysmaintainsappropriate
engagingduetothefactthat
withtheaudienceandspeaksina
eyecontactwiththeaudienceand
thepresenterspendsalotof
waythatmaintainstheattentionof
speaksinawaythatmaintainsthe
timereading
thegroup.
attentionofthegroup.

Alistenerisnotbeableto
understandstudentsmessage:
Accent
Intonation
Pronunciation
Frequentdistracting
pausesandhesitations
Presenceisnotengagingdueto
littleinformation,lotsof
reading,oranotherdifficultyin
maintainingtheattentionofthe
group(explainedbelow).

Organization
Transitionwords
andphrases
provideaseamlessprogression
withalogicalpurpose.
Organization
ofideasispolished.
Introduction
includedan
attentiongetterthatdrewthe
readerin.
Conclusion
leavesusthinkingand
wantingmore.

Transitionwords
makethe
connectionsbetweenideasclear.
Ideas
areorderedinaneffective
andlogicalway.
Introduction
includedanattention
getterthatcommunicatedthe
topic.
Conclusion
iseffectiveinthatit
wrapsuptheme.

Transitionwords
are
missing,inappropriateor
distracting.
Ideas
maynotbeordered
effectively.
Introduction
alludestothe
topic.
Conclusion
failstowrapup
majorpointsfromtheessay.

Connectionsbetweenideas
areunclearormissingdueto
alackof
transitionwords
.
Ideas
aredisorganizedand
hardtofollow.
Introduction
failsto
communicatethetopic.
Conclusion
ismissing.

AcademicThinking
Reasoning
iswelldevelopedand
clearlylinksexamplestotheclaim.

Evidence
iswellchosen,supports
theclaimsufficiently,andis
thoughtfullyexplained.

Reasoning
ispresentandlogical.

Evidence
supportstheclaim
sufficiently.

Studentbelieves
reasoning
is
implied.(Leavesreadertomake
aninference.)
Evidence
ispresentbutdetails
includedaretoobrief.

Reasoning
isabsentorvery
underdeveloped.
Weak
evidence
ortoolittle
evidencepresent.Veryfew
detailsincluded.

Vocabulary

Vocabulary
demonstratesmastery
ofvocabularywordslearnedinthe
unitandalsointegratesvocabulary
frompastunits.

Vocabulary
demonstratesmastery
ofvocabularywordslearnedinthe
unit.

Vocabulary
doesnot
demonstratemasteryof
vocabularywordslearnedin
theunitorissometimes
misused.

Vocabulary
is
limitedtobasic
words
orisoftenmisused;
eitherwordsorpartsof
speechdemonstrateerrors.

Grammarsometimesdistracts
fromthemessageofthepiece.

Consistenterrorsingrammar
cloudthemessageofthe
piece.

Grammar

Grammarandconventions

consistentlyfacilitatethereadability
ofthepiece.

Grammarandconventionsmostly
facilitatethereadabilityofthepiece.

Technology

Technologyworks
Presentationispolished

Technologyworksfairlywell
Presentationispolishedbutnot
perfect

Technologyhasglitches
Presentationisnotpolished

Technologydoesnotwork
Presentationhasnumerous
flaws