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Demonstration Speech Rubric 
Rubric Code: GX3W9BX
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Subject: Communication  
Type: Presentation  
Grade Levels: (none)

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  No

0 pts

N/A

(N/A)

N/A

(N/A)

Yes

5 pts

Citation

Did you cite a source?

No
N/A
N/A
Yes
Delivery
  Poor

2 pts

Fair

3 pts

Good

4 pts

Excellent

5 pts

Visual Aid

Poor

Student did not provide a visual aid.
Fair

Student provided a visual aid but did not address it's relevance.
Good

Student provided a visual aid and attempted to demonstrate with that aid. However, the aid was not entirely necessary to the topic.
Excellent

Student provided a visual aid and attempted to demonstrate with that aid. The aid was relevant and useful to the demonstration.
Vocal Presentation

Poor

Student was very hard to hear, had very poor articulation, spoke much too quickly, took unnecessary pauses, was obviously reading, etc. Vocal presentation made it very hard to understand the information being communicated.
Fair

Student has a basically clear vocal presentation, with a few areas of mispronunciation, excessive use of filler words, rapid rate of speech, volume issues, etc..
Good

Student spoke clearly, articulated well, loud enough for everyone in audience to hear, slowly enough so that audience could understand and did not use any unnecessary pauses or mispronounced words.
Excellent

Student's vocal presentation went beyond basic functionality to include uses of vocal variety and language use that created an engaging performance.
Physical Presentation

Poor

Student did not make eye contact with the audience, had lot of extra movement, slouched, held hands behind back, etc... Their physical presentation distracted from their speech.
Fair

Student slumped over podium or leaned on table, had lots of unnecessary movement, or didn't use their hands for gestures, etc... Student had moments of eye contact with the audience, but spent parts of the speech focused on the outline, back wall, table, etc...
Good

Student had good posture and use of gestures. Student maintained good eye contact with the webcam during the speech.
Excellent

Student integrated posture, gestures, and other nonverbal behaviors so that they completed and enhanced the speech.
Introduction
Attention Getter

Grabbing the audiences attention and relating the topic to them.

Poor

Student did not provide any techniques to engage audience interest, or the attempt was made in an incoherent and disorganized fashion.
Fair

Student attempted to engage audience interest, but the effort was incomplete, disorganized, or was negated by poor delivery.
Good

Student used a story, hypothetical, rhetorical question, or other technique to attempt to attain the interest of the audience.
Excellent

Student actively engaged the audience with a well practiced and delivered rhetorical device.
Credibility Statement

What credentials do you have to give this speech?

Poor

Student did not make an attempt to establish credibility.
Fair

Student made a statement to establish credibility, but was not relevant.
Good

Student made a relevant claim to credibility.
Excellent

Student made a relevant claim to credibility that was integrated within the introduction that effectively enhanced audience perception of credibility.
Preview

Providing a thorough preview of main points.

Poor

Student did not preview the speech.
Fair

Student attempted to preview the speech in a general manner which did not mention the main points of the speech.
Good

Student attempted to preview the speech in a general manner which did not mention all of the main points of the speech.
Excellent

Student gave a preview of the main points of the speech which clearly established the central idea.
Body
Effectiveness

Poor

As an audience member, I do not feel I would be able to reproduce the student's actions after attending their demonstration speech.
Fair

As an audience member, I feel that I understood the process but am unsure of how to preform some of the steps.
Good

As an audience member, I feel that I could preform the process demonstrated with only a few errors.
Excellent

As an audience member, I feel confident in my ability to perform the process demonstrated.
Organization

Poor

The body of the speech had no relation to the preview statement and was difficult to follow.
Fair

The body of the speech had little or no relation to the preview statement, but was structured with transitions or other elements that aided comprehension.
Good

The body of the speech was clearly related to the preview statement but was difficult to follow in places.
Excellent

The body of the speech was clearly related to the preview statement and was easy to follow.
Conclusion
Signal end/Reinforce central idea

Poor

The conclusion did not signal the end of the speech or reinforce the central idea.
Fair

The conclusion performed one of these functions but not the other.
Good

The conclusion both signaled the end of the speech and reinforced the central idea, but was unclear or incomplete in doing so.
Excellent

The conclusion clearly signaled the end of the speech and reinforced the central idea.




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