Oral Presentation Rubric : Poetry Reading

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Volume/Clarity Volume is loud Volume is loud Volume is loud Volume is difficult for
(4) enough to be heard enough to be heard enough to be heard all audience members
by all audience by all audience by audience to hear and
members members except for members sitting only understand.
throughout the the back row. in the front row. Mumbling occurs
presentation. No Speaks clearly most Speaks clearly half of often as well as
mispronunced of the time with few the time; mispronunciations.
words. mispronunced mispronunciations
words. occur often.
Flow/Pauses (4) Pauses were always Pauses were almost Pauses based on Pauses were not
effectively used always effectively puncutation were intentionally used and
based on used based on intentionally used, but had no relationship to
punctuation or punctuation, or to were not effective in the punctuation. The
improve meaning. improve meaning. improving meaning. reader paused at the
The reader did not There may have The reader paused at ends of lines just
pause at the ends of been some the ends of many because they were
lines just because unnecessary pauses lines. the ends of the lines.
they were the ends at the ends of lines.
of lines.
Expression/tone The student used Changes in tone Changes in tone and Tone of voice was not
(4) tone of voice to and expression expression were used to convey
effectively convey were used, but were rarely used; the emotion or meaning.
emotions. Student not exactly fitting for student wasn\\'t able
successfully read the poem. to read the poem with
the poem with feeling and meaning.
feeling and
meaning.
Pace (4) The student read The student read The student read the  
the poem at a rate some parts of the poem either too fast
that was not to fast poem too fast or too or too slow, and not
or too slow; it was slow, and not appropriate for the
appropriate for the appropriate for the poem.
poem. poem.

Memorization (8) The student had the The student needed Student needed Student may only
entire poem only one or two several word clues in have a few lines
memorized and word clue from the order to recite the memorized, the rest
needed no word teacher in order to entire poem. Little needed to be read or
clues from the recite the entire eye contact was needed many word
teacher. Provided poem. Attempting to made with the clues to even make it
eye contact to the make eye contact audience. through. Eye contact
audience the entire the entire time. was missing.
time.
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