Oral Presentation Rubric : Formal Speech Presentation [Feb. 2009]
Name______________________
CATEGORY
H.R.____________
10
The audience
was actively
engaged in the
speech
8
The audience
was attentive
throughout.
6
The audience
was polite, yet
did not seem
invested in the
speech
4
The audience
was generally
inattentive
throughout the
speech.
Presentation is
organized with a
high degree of
effectiveness.
Supporting
material vividly
contributes to
overall
effectiveness.
Presentation is
effectively
organized in
most sections.
Adequate
supporting
material supports
the speaker's
position.
Presentation is
organized with
some
effectiveness.
Supporting
material is
inadequate in
some cases.
The speaker
seems to have no
clear plan for the
presentation.
Supporting
material is
insufficient.
Vocal Elements Speaker speaks
with a high
degree of
effectiveness:
Volume; Clarity;
Rate of
Speaking;
Pausing for
Effect;
Speaker speaks
with considerable
effectiveness:
Volume; Clarity;
Rate of
Speaking;
Pausing for
Effect;
Speaker speaks
with some degree
of effectiveness:
Volume; Clarity;
Rate of
Speaking;
Pausing for
Effect;
Speaker speaks
with a limited
degree of
effectiveness:
Volume; Clarity;
Rate of
Speaking;
Pausing for
Effect;
Audience
Appeal
Organization
Eye Contact
Establishes eye
contact with a
high degree of
effectiveness,
with everyone in
the audience
during the
presentation.
Establishes eye
contact with
considerable
effect to most of
the audience
during the
presentation.
Establishes some
eye contact with
some of the
audience during
the presentation.
There is little, if
any, attempt to
look at the
audience during
the presentation.
Preparedness
Student is
completely
prepared and has
obviously
rehearsed.
Minimal reliance
Student seems
pretty prepared
but might have
needed a couple
more rehearsals.
Considerable
The student is
somewhat
prepared, but it is
clear that
rehearsal was
lacking. The
Student does not
seem at all
prepared to
present. The
speaker read the
whole speech
on cue cards OR effectiveness
cue cards not
with his/her use
used.
of cue cards.
speaker relied too
much on cue
cards.