CLASSROOM DEBATE RUBRIC - EXAM

Criteria Weak – 1 pt Fair – 2 pts Good – 3pts Excellent – 4 pts

Completely clear and

Unclear in most Most clear and
1. Organization and Clear in some parts orderly presentation;
Clarity: Viewpoints and parts; disorganized orderly in all parts;
but organization is logical organization of
responses outlined and difficult to somewhat logical
not logical major points and
clearly and orderly. follow in organization
details

Most relevant
2. Use of Arguments: Some relevant Most reasons reasons given in
Few or no relevant
reasons given’ given: most support; no fallacies
Reasons are given to reasons given/
fallacies in relevant; not in logic used; reasons
support proposition fallacies in reasoning
reasoning used overly develop position
effectively
Per Group

Every point was not Every major point Every major point
3. Use of Examples and Every major point
supported. supported with was adequately
Facts: was well supported
Examples and facts, statistics supported with
Examples, statistics, and statistics are with several relevant
and/or examples, relevant facts,
facts are given to facts, statistics and/or
weak or non- but relevance statistics and/or
support reasons. examples.
existent questionable examples

4. Rebuttal: Each rebuttal

Ineffective, Few effective Most counter-
Each argument made by responded to with
inaccurate and/or counter-arguments arguments were
opposing team effective, relevant
irrelevant counter- made but several accurate, relevant,
responded to and dealt and strong counter-
arguments made were weak and effective
with effectively. argument

presentation style
Consistently used
did not keep Some features gestures, eye
5. Presentation Style: gestures, eye contact,
attention of were used contact, tone of
Tone of voice, volume, tone of voice and a
audience; eye convincingly; kept voice and level of
use of gestures, and level of enthusiasm in
contact weak; read attention of enthusiasm that
enthusiasm are a way that kept the
from paper; could audience some of kept the attention
convincing attention of the
not hear; tone the time of audience.
audience.
monotone

S makes few
mistakes in terms
S makes several
S does not show use of language and S is flawless in terms
language and
of language and pronunciation but of language and
6. Language and pronunciation
pronunciation they do not pronunciation. Uses
Individual

pronunciation: mistakes which

according to level. impede new vocabulary in the
Grammar and impede
There is little or no communication. correct way and with
Vocabulary were communication.
use of new Attempts to use the correct
checked before the There is little use
vocabulary. new vocabulary pronunciation. Links
debate. of new vocabulary.
Transitions are correctly, Links ideas using suitable
Transitions are
extremely weak. ideas using expressions.
weak.
suitable
expressions.
Student was present
for both debates but
S was not present for Student was present
did not follow the
both debates. OR was for both debates but Student was present for
rules of the debate.
disrespectful and did talked or whispered both debates and was
7. Respect not follow the rules of
Talked or whispered
while others were respectful and followed
while others were
the debate. debating. the rules of the debate.
debating, or made
inappropriate
comments.