Rubric
Level |
Content |
Organization |
Conventions of Delivery |
Impact |
Task-Specific
Criteria* |
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4 |
- Displays a clear message or purpose
- Contains accurate and relevant information
- Exhibits a thorough knowledge of appropriate content
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- Has a clear focus or point of view
- Displays logical and explicit sequencing of ideas
- Exhibits smooth transitions
- Ends with an effective conclusion that supports the presented material
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- Establishes and maintains rapport with an audience
- Maintains eye contact
- Speaks loudly and clearly enough to be easily heard
- Uses correct grammar
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- Attracts and engages viewers’ attention
- Shows awareness of audience and purpose
- Contains interesting, rich vocabulary
- Uses voice projection, vocal inflection, and pacing to strengthen delivery
- Includes appropiate and explicit gestures
- Uses visual aid (when appropriate) to enhance delivery
- Exhibits originality, liveliness, excitement, and humor or suspense
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3 |
- Conveys a message or purpose
- Contains accurate and relevant information, with possibly some minor errors or extraneous material
- Exhibits knowledge of the appropriate content
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- Has focus or point of view
- Displays logical sequencing of ideas
- Establishes an introduction
- Ends with a conclusion that supports some of the material presented
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- Maintains some rapport wih an audience
- Maintains some eye contact
- Speaks loudly and clearly enough to be heard
- Uses correct grammar but makes a few errors
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- Holds viewers’ attention
- Shows awareness of audience and purpose
- Includes appropriate vocabulary
- Uses some voice projection, vocal inflection, and pacing
- Includes some gestures
- Uses visual aid occasonally
- Exhibits some originality, liveliness, excitement, and humor or suspense
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2 |
- Conveys a message or purpose but is difficult to follow
- Contains some relevant information but some is irrelevant or extraneous
- Exhibits some content knowledge
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- Attempts to convey a focus or point of view, but difficult to identify
- Mixes relevant and irrelevant details
- Establishes a simple introduction
- Misses transitions or includes those that are very rough
- Ends with a simple conclusion
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- Maintains little rapport with an audience
- Maintains minimal eye contact
- Speaks softly or does not pronounce words clearly
- Makes frequent grammatical errors
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- Demonstrates an inability to hold viewers’ attention some of the time
- Shows little awareness of audience and purpose
- Uses flat, routine vocabulary
- Uses little voice projection, vocal inflection, or pacing
- Includes few gestures
- Uses visual aids inappropriately
- Exhibits little originality, liveliness, excitement, and humor or suspense
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1 |
- Conveys no apparent message or purpose
- Contains some relevant information, but much is irrelevant or extraneous
- Exhibits little content knowledge
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- Conveys no apparent message or purpose
- Contains some relevant information, but much that is irrelevant or extraneous
- Establishes a weak and simple introduction
- Misses transitions
- Ends with a weak and simple conclusion
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- Maintains little or no rapport with an audience
- Maintains minimal or no eye contact
- Speaks softly or does not pronounce words clearly
- Makes grammatical errors consistently
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- Demonstrates an inability to hold viewers’ attention most of the time
- Shows no awareness of audience and purpose
- Uses inappropriate vocabulary
- Uses little voice projection, vocal inflection, or pacing
- Includes few, if any, gestures
- Uses no visual aides to enhance delivery
- Exhibits no originality, liveliness, excitement, and humor or suspense
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