Category Excellent Good Fair Needs Total

(5) (2) (3) Improvement

(2)
Content/Organization Speaker provides Speaker has Speaker Speaker does not
(10%) clear purpose somewhat clear attempts to clearly define
and subject; purpose and define purpose subject and
pertinent subject; some and subject; purpose; provides
examples, facts, examples, facts, provides weak weak or no
and/or statistics; and/or statistics examples, facts, support of
supports that support the and/or statistics, subject; gives
conclusions/ideas subject; includes which do not insufficient
with evidence. some data or adequately support for ideas
evidence that support the or conclusions.
supports subject; includes
conclusions. very thin data or
evidence.
Volume and Rate Speech is Speech is Speech is Speech is
(10%) delivered at an delivered too delivered with delivered with
appropriate quickly at times, low volume and very low volume
volume and rate but has too quickly. and too quickly.
of speed. appropriate
volume and rate
of speed at other
times.
Eye Contact Speaker’s use of Speaker Speaker makes Speaker does not
(10%) eye contact adds routinely scans some eye make eye contact.
to the speech’s the audience. contact.
effectiveness.
Posture Speaker appears Speakers stand Speaker fiddles Speaker does not
(10%) confident, straight with with hands or keep hands still or
relaxed, and hands resting at has difficulty body straight
convincing. side, may fiddle standing still to during the speech
a little but it the point of and distracts the
does not distract distraction. listener.
the listener.
Gesture Speaker exhibits Speaker Speakers uses Speaker does not
(!0%) lots of demonstrates minimal non- use non-verbal
appropriate non- some non-verbal verbal gestures. gestures.
verbal gestures. gestures.
Mastery of the Piece Speech is fully Speech is mostly Speech is Speech is partially
(30%) memorized. memorized but partially memorized and
speaker might memorized, needs prompting
pause pauses often to often.
occasionally to recall.
recall or need to
be prompted.
Professional Appearance Speaker’s Speaker’s Speaker’s Speaker’s clothing
(10%) physical physical physical distracts from the
appearance is appearance is appearance is message of the
appropriate for mostly unkempt. speech.
the topic, appropriate for
audience, and the topic,
venue. audience, and
venue.
Total /100
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Rubric for Memorized Speech