iRubric: Summary Speech Fall 2018 rubric

Maintain direct, consistent and comfortable eye contact with audience throughout your presentation. Project your voice at a clear and comfortable volume appropriate for the size of the room/audience.

Speak with a varied, dynamic, interesting pace (avoid using a 'sing-song,' predictable rhythmic-pattern).

Use supportive gestures; move with purpose (avoid pacing and distracting movement).

Keep your speech within the time limit provided.

Introduce what the main points of your speech are going to be about. It needs to include your thesis statement in a clear way.

The topic is properly introduced/defined and it is followed by a concise and complete summary of the controversy.

Maintain a professional (i.e., appropriate), organized, and well-prepared delivery throughout.

Appropriate use of grammar and transitional signals throughout your speech.