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Communication Skills

Research and develop an 7-minute Power Point presentation or a three page research paper about business ownership. Include adequate information to inform your audience about the subject. If you use Power Point, include appropriate templates and design tools, clip art, transitions, pictures, videos, etc. Make sure you consider your timing and include enough research material to meet the assignment criteria. Proper spelling and grammatics are important and will be assessed as part of the overall grade. Consider and respond to the questions on your handout.

Rubric Code: A789XA

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

communication Skills Demonstrate and apply effective communication skills: verbal, written, visual and listening.
	Advanced Shows outstanding effort. (N/A)	Beyond Shows significant effort. (N/A)	competent Shows minimal effort to limited effort. (N/A)	Not Yet Competent Shows none to very little effort. (N/A)
Presentation/Content Clear, concise information with audience appeal.	Advanced Presented info that was clear, complete, interesting and appropriate with a clear, articulate flow. Written clearly and concisely with a logical progression of ideas & information.	Beyond Presented info that was clear and interesting, but that lacked completeness, was inappropriate or did not flow well. Included enough information to show significant effort.	competent Presented info that seemed limited or disorganized, Lacked interest or was disjointed. Includes some facts, but randomness distracts from the presentation.	Not Yet Competent Information was not interesting or was very incomplete, demonstrating little effort. Lacks logical sequence. Includes very little information (one or two facts) about the topic.
Layout/Text Elements Visually pleasing with appropriate layouts and fonts.	Advanced Visually pleasing. Contributes to the overall message with appropriate use of headings, white space, font size, color, etc. Use of text & special effects enhances readability.	Beyond Visually pleasing in most areas. Some inappropriate use of templates, color, fonts or white space; overall impression is good. Some use of text/effects detracts from readability.	competent Visually distracting. Inappropriate use of templates, color, fonts or white space creates confusion and detracts from the presentation. Screens seem cluttered or too busy.	Not Yet Competent Visually unappealing. Misuse of templates, color, fonts, text, white space or special effects leaves an unfavorable impression.
Graphics/ Consistent and pleasing visual theme.	Advanced Clip art, pictures, sound, animation, charts and video are appropriate and assist in presenting the overall theme. There is a consistent visual theme with no errors.	Beyond Clip art, pictures, sound, animation, charts and video assist the audience in understanding the flow of information and content, but lacks consistency or has errors.	competent Clip art, pictures, sound, animation, charts and video are not consistent with understanding the information and content, lacks consistency or has errors.	Not Yet Competent Clip art, pictures, sound, animation, charts and video are not included in any significant form. Thus, does not enhance the content or assist in understanding.
Following Directions Meets the required elements of the assignment.	Advanced Presentation met all of the requirements of adequate length, adequate information, clip art, transitions, graphs, pictures & word art. Timing enhances the presentation.	Beyond Presentation met most but not all of the requirements of length , adequate info, clip art, transitions, graphs, pictures & word art. Or, timing is too slow/too fast.	competent Presentation did not meet the length requirements, or failed to include three or more of the elements specified in the assignment directions.	Not Yet Competent Presentation did not meet the length requirements and failed to include three or more of the elements specified in the assignment directions.
Mechanics/Timing Spelling and grammar count.	Advanced No misspellings or grammatical errors including capitalizations and punctuation.	Beyond Three or fewer misspellings and/or grammatical errors, including capitalizations and punctuation.	competent Seven or fewer misspellings and or grammatical errors, including capitalizations and punctuation.	Not Yet Competent More than 8 errors in spelling or grammar, including capitalizations and punctuation.

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