Speech Presentation Rubric

Criterion		Rating Excellent	Rating Good	Rating Satisfactory	Rating Needs Improvement
Content	Opening	Gets attention of audience, clearly identifies topic, establishes credibility and rationale, and previews the main points	Meets any three of the four criteria	Meets any two of the four criteria	Meets only one of the four criteria
	Body	Main points are clear and are well supported, Sources are mentioned Uses relatable examples and presents concepts in understandable terms	Meets any three of the four criteria	Meets any two of the four criteria	Meets only one of the four criteria
	Conclusion	Reviews main points Brings closure Memorable	Reviews main points  Brings closure	Brings closure	Does not bring closure The audience is left hanging
Oral Communication		Student uses a clear voice and correct, precise pronunciation of terms so that all audience members can hear presentation. Student maintains eye contact with audience, seldom returning to notes.	Student's voice is clear. Student pronounces most words correctly. Most audience members can hear presentation. Student maintains eye contact most of the time but frequently returns to notes.	Student's voice is low. Student incorrectly pronounces terms. Audience members have difficulty hearing presentation. Student occasionally uses eye contact, but still reads most of report.	Student mumbles, incorrectly pronounces terms, and speaks too quietly for students in the back of class to hear. Student reads all of report with no eye contact.
Body Language		Body language, gestures, and facial expressions adds greatly to the message.	Body language, gestures, and facial expressions compliment message.	Body language, facial expressions and gestures lack variety and spontaneity	Body language, gestures, and facial expressions are lacking or inappropriate
Eye Contact		Eye contact with audience virtually all the time (except for brief glances at notes).	Eye contact with audience less than 80% of the time.	Eye contact with audience less than 75% of the time.	Little or no eye contact.
Visual Aids		Student's graphics explain and reinforce screen text and presentation. Presentation has no misspellings or grammatical errors.	Student's graphics relate to text and presentation. Presentation has no more than two misspellings and/or grammatical errors.	Student occasionally uses graphics that rarely support text and presentation. Presentation has three misspellings and/or grammatical errors.	Student uses superfluous graphics or no graphics Student's presentation has four or more spelling errors and/or grammatical errors.
Time		Speech is about 5 minutes long	Speech is just under a minute (4 or 6 minutes)	Speech is too long or too short (2 or 7 minutes)	Speech is extremely too long or too short (1 or more than 7 minutes long)