Rubric for Speech

1: Novice 2: Beginning 3: Proficient 4: Expert

Visual
Organization

Opening No clear Opening only Clear opening Engaging

opening. orients the that orients opening that
Audience is audience to the audience to topic orients the
unsure what the topic or theme and theme but is audience to the
and/or theme is. but not both. not engaging. topic and theme.
No Basis for Audience has Audience has a Audience knows
audience to some sense of good sense of what will follow.
predict or what will follow. what will follow.
follow.
Conclusion No clear There is some Clear Creative
conclusion. The restatement of restatement of restatement of
speech just the main theme main theme and main theme and
seems to stop. and major ajor supports. major supports.
support. Audience is Strong call to
asked to action action or beliefs.
or belief.
Transition Does not supply Supplies a few Inconsistently Supplies words
Words/ Verbal any words words and/or supplies words and/or phrases
Road Signs and/or phrases phrases that link and/or phrases that link ideas,
that link ideas, ideas, such as that link ideas, such as sequence
such as sequence sequence such as sequence arkers, logical
markers, logial markers, logical markers, logical connectors. "As
connectors, connectors, connectors, I said earlier..."
ect..., ect..., ect..., ect...,
throughout. throughout. throughout. throughout.
Analysis/
Coherence

Logic Does not Connects some Connects most Connects all

connect ideas ideas logically ideas logically ideas logically
logically and and creates a and builds a and builds a
makes few or no general sense of cummulative compelling,
logical cumulatve statement. cummulative
connection statement. statement.
between
statements.
Focus on Topic Seems to stray Focuses on topic Focuses on Focuses tightly
from topic and with some major topicwith few on topic and
off into side tangents. major tangents. everything
issues. revolves about
 theme.
Vocabulary Uses vague and Uses occational Uses strong Uses precise,
weak langage strong, accurate accurate evocative
and/or uses language that is language language
language that appropriate to throughout that throughout hat is
violates school the theme of the is appropriate to appropriate to th
honor code. audience. theme and theme and
audience. audience.
Originality

Topic Choice Chose Chose a Chose a Chose novel

uninspired topic hackneyed or traditional but topic or gives
that he/she does cliched topic or approperiate new or unusual
not seem to care topic that is topic hat speaker perepective on
about or chose a inapproperiate seems invested old theme and
topic that for setting, time in. seems
violates school and audience. enthusiastic.
honor code.
Delivery

Eye Contact Does not make Makes some eye Makes varied Makes varied
eye contact with contact with inconsistent eye and substained
the audience. some of the contact with the eye contact with
audience. entire audience. the entire
audience.
Voice Speaker speaks Uses some Uses much Uses variance in
in a monotone or variance in variance in pitch, rate, and
a voice that is pitch, rate, and pitch, rate, and volume to
clearly volume to volume to appropriately
uncontrolled. appropriately appropriately convey their
enhance their convey their meaning
meaning. meaning. throughout.
Practice and Exhibits some Exhibits
control are practive and practiced
evident. control. purposeful
control.
Body Language Uses no body Speaker uses Speaker uses Speaker uses
language that some body much body body language
inappropriately language that language that that appropiately
reinforces appropriately appropriately enhances their
his/her meaning. enhances their enhances their meaning
meaning. meaning. throughout
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Filler Words Frequently user Smooth flowing Smooth flowing Smooth flowing
("uh") filler words or language, with language, with language, totally
phrases, or occational filler one or two filler devoid of any
pauses words or verbal words or verbal filler words or
inappropriately, tics. tics. verbal tics.
pauses as if at a
loss.