ST. THERESE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF SAN PABLO, INC.

Senior High School Level

1st Mastery Check-Up
Oral Communication 11
A.Y. 2022-2023

CORE SUBJECT DESCRIPTION: The Development of listening and speaking skills and
strategies for effective communication in various situations.
CONTENT STANDARD: The learners realizes the rigors of crafting one’s speech.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD: The learner proficiently delivers various speeches using the
principles of effective speech delivery.
LEARNING COMPETENCIES: The learner uses principles of effective speech delivery
focusing on
1. Articulation EN11/12OC-IIcj-26.1
2. Modulation EN11/12OC-IIcj-26.2
3. Stage Presence EN11/12OC-IIcj-26.3
4. Facial Expressions, Gestures and Body Movements EN11/12OC-IIcj-26.4
5. Rapport with the audience EN11/12OC-IIcj-26.5

ORAL EXAMS
In 300-500 words, each student will have to write a persuasive speech about any of
the topics that include social and environmental issues that cripple society today and the
solutions that they think might be useful and effective for it. Each issue is contextualized –
this means that it varies depending on the student’s strand just like inflation for ABM,
Inequality issue for HUMSS and current global issues for STEM, etc. Each students will be
given a limited time of 5-7 minutes speech and shall deliver it based on the given rubrics
below. Before the speech presentations, find a partner who will evaluate your speech, and
vice versa.

Submit two-versions of your speech to your teacher, the draft and the clean copy.
Use the following formats for the speeches you will submit.
Clean copy: short bond paper, double-spaced, font size 12, font style Times New
Roman
Draft: short bond paper, triple-spaced, font size 12, font style Times New Roman,
with markings
Refer to the next page for the Rubrics to be used for Manuscript Speech Evaluation.
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CRITERIA Beginning Developing Competent Accomplished
Pronunciation Makes many Make errors Make some Makes few or
(Articulation) errors, to the regularly in pronunciation no
point that it is articulating errors, but pronunciation
often difficult to words, and errors don’t errors. Sounds
discern meaning sometimes it is inhibit rather native-
difficult to understanding like
understand of meaning
meaning
because of this.
Voice Talked too loud Talked a little Talked quite Talked loud
Projection or too low that loudly/ lowly loudly and quite enough and
made the speech and quite clearly; talked clearly; talked
(Modulation)
unclear; talked unclear; talked at quite an at a very
too fast or too at a little effective rate of effective rate of
slow effective rate of speed speed
speed
Stage Presence Posture and Needs slight Has minor Stands with
attitude was not improvement in issues with correct posture
observe at all posture and posture that and attitude
attitude in stage makes the
speech quite
unattractive for
the audience

Facial Has either a Occasionally Occasionally Shows

Expressions, deadpan displays both a demonstrates appropriate
Gesture and expression or deadpan and either a deadpan expression,
Body shows a conflicting OR conflicting never notice a
Movement conflicting expression expression deadpan or
expression during during conflicting
during entire presentation presentation expression
presentation
Little gestures Some gestures Natural hand
No gesture are are present are present gestures are
noticed demonstrated
Needs some Has quite
Made either major appropriate Has appropriate
unnecessary improvement in movement in body movement
movements or movement in stage
no movement at stage
 all
Stage Impact Audience Able to sustain Able to sustain Able to sustain
showed no the interest of the interest of the interest of
(Rapport with
interest with the the audience for the audience the audience all
the Audience)
presentation at a limited time from time to throughout the
all only time during the presentation
presentation
Audience are Audience are a Audience are
not engaged little engaged Audience are highly engaged
with the speech with the speech quite engaged with the speech
at all with the speech
Content Speech not at Speech lacks in Somewhat Very cohesive
all cohesive. cohesiveness. cohesive speech speech with
Ideas not well- Ideas frequently with ideas well-connected
connected. It are not mostly well- ideas and
does not flow connected well. connected and natural flow.
well at all. Not Speech lacks fairly natural Related with the
connected with natural flow at flow. Most of context
the context. times. Much of the content is assigned.
the content is appropriate with Content of talk
not appropriate the topic is very
with the topic chosen. appropriate with
chosen. topic chosen.