Public Speaking Rubric

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10 7 5 3

Eye Contact Holds attention Consistent use Displayed No eye contact

of entire of direct eye minimal eye with the
audience with contact with contact with audience as
the use of audience, but the audience entire report is
direct eye often returns to while reading read from
contact, notes. mostly from notes.
seldom looking the notes.
at notes.
Body Movements seem Made Very little No movement
Language fluid and help the movements or movement or or descriptive
audience gestures that descriptive gestures.
visualize. enhance gestures or
articulation. distracting
gestures.
Poise Student displays Makes minor Displays mild Tension and
relaxed mistakes, but tension. Had nervousness
selfconfident quickly trouble is obvious.
nature about self recovers from recovering Has trouble
with no them. from mistakes. recovering
mistakes. Displays from
little or no mistakes.
tension.
Enthusiasm Demonstrates a Occasionally Shows very Shows that
strong positive shows little interest they did not
feeling about positive in the topic. like the
the topic during feelings about topic they
the entire the topic. chose.
presentation.
Elocution Student uses a Student’s Student’s voice Student
clear voice and voice is clear. is low. Student mumbles,
correct, Student incorrectly incorrectly
precise pronounces pronounces pronounces
pronunciation most words words. words and
of correctly. Most Audience speaks too
terms so that all audience members have quietly for
audience members can difficulty the majority
members can hear the hearing the of listeners.
hear the presentation. presentation.
presentation.
Total