Oral Presentation Rubric: Performance Poetry Mode

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Knows the Poem The performers know The performers know The performers know The performer could
the poem well and has the poem pretty well some of the poem, but not say the poem
obviously practiced and has evidently does not appear to without using a written
reciting the poem practiced reciting the have practiced. Refers copy.
several times. There is poem once or twice. to notes 3-4 times, and
no need for notes and Refers to notes once the performer appears
the performer speaks or twice, but the ill-at-ease.
with confidence. performer is relatively
confident.
Speaks Clearly Speaks clearly and Speaks clearly and Speaks clearly and Often mumbles or can
distinctly all (100-95%) distinctly all (100-95%) distinctly most ( 94- not be understood OR
the time, and the time, but 85%) of the time. mispronounces more
mispronounces no mispronounces one Mispronounces no than one word.
words. word. more than one word.

Posture and Eye Uses posture Uses posture Sometimes stands up Slouches and/or does
Contact appropriate for the appropriate for the straight and not look at or try to
poem, looks relaxed poem and establishes establishes eye involve audience
and confident. eye contact with all contact. during presentation.
Establishes eye members of the
contact with all audience during the
members of the presentation.
audience during the
presentation.
Volume/Voice Volume is loud enough Volume is usually loud Volume is usually loud Volume too soft or
to be heard by all enough to be heard by enough to be heard by performer mumbles.
audience members all audience members. all audience members. Audience often has
throughout the Performer generally Performer speaks so trouble understanding.
presentation. speaks clearly and fast that audience has
Performer speaks paces performance. Is trouble understanding.
clearly and paces easily understood by
performance. Is easily audience members
understood by all most of the time.
audience members all
the time.
Acting/Dialogue Performer uses Performer often uses Performer tries to use Performer recites the
consistent voice voice inflection, facial voice inflection, facial poem, but does not
inflection, facial expressions, and expressions, and use voice inflection,
expressions, and movement to make the movement to make the facial expressions, or
movement to make the poem more believable, poem more believable, movement to make the
poem more believable, more entertaining, and more entertaining, and poem more believable,
more entertaining, and more easily more easily interesting, or clear.
more easily understood. understood.
understood.