RUBRICS

Classroom Debate Rubrics

Criteria 5 Points 4 Points 3 2 Points 1 Point Total
Points Points
Respect
All statements,
for other
body language,
team and responses
were respectful
and were
inappropriate
language
 RUBRICS

Classroom Debate Rubric

Criteria 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point Total Points

Respect for All statements, Statements and Most statements and Statements, Statements,
Other Team body responses were responses were responses responses
language, and respectful and used respectful and in and/or body and/or body
responses appropriate appropriate language were language
were language, but once language, but there borderline were
respectful and or twice body was one sarcastic appropriate. consistently
were language was not remark Some sarcastic not respectful
inappropriate remarks
language

Information All information Most information Most information Some Information

presented in presented in this presented in the information had some
this debate debate was accurate, major
debate was was clear, accurate was clear and but inaccuracies
clear, accurate and accurate, but was there were OR
and thorough thorough not usually thorough some was usually
minor not clear
inaccuracies

Rebuttal All counter- Most counter- Most counter- Some counter Counter-
arguments arguments arguments arguments were arguments
were accurate, were accurate, were accurate and weak and were not
relevant and relevant, and relevant, but several irrelevant accurate
strong strong were weak and/or relevant

Use of Every major Every major point Every major point Some points All points were
Facts/Statistics point was was adequately was supported with were supported not supported
well supported supported with facts, statistics well, others
with relevant facts, and/or examples, were not
several statistics and/or but the relevance of
relevant facts, examples some was
statistics questionable
and/or
examples

Teamwork All members of Most or at least one At least two Three members Four members
the group member of the members did not did not counter and above did
counter to the group did not counter to the any argument not counter
argument counter any argument any argument
argument

Understanding The team The team clearly The team seemed to The team The team did
of Topic clearly understood the understand the main seemed not show an
understood the topic in depth and points of the topic to understand adequate
topic in depth presented their and presented those the main points understanding
and presented information with with ease of the topic, but of the topic
their ease didn’t present
information with ease
forcefully and
convincingly

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