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Informative/Persuasive Speech

Students will give an informative speech on a topic of their choice to their peers. Student will be assessed on content and delivery and will use researched information from their chosen topic in their speech.

Rubric Code: LX47633

By rcarbaugh

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Subject: English

Type: Presentation

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Informative Speech
	Needs Improvement (N/A)	Fair (N/A)	Good (N/A)	Excellent (N/A)
Content
	Needs Improvement 14 pts	Fair 16 pts	Good 18 pts	Excellent 20 pts
Introduction	Needs Improvement The speaker failed to introduce the speech OR the introduction was not useful in indicating what the speech was about.	Fair The speaker introduced the speech, but some details were unclear. The introduction lacked an attention getter and/or a preview of main points.	Good The speaker introduced the speech adequately, including an attention getter and a preview of the main points of the speech.	Excellent The speaker introduced the speech well, including an attention getter and a preview of main points of the speech. The speaker was enthusiastic about the topic and brought the audience into the speech.
Content	Needs Improvement The speech was difficult to follow due to a lack of organization. Little detail was given to support the main points.	Fair The speaker delivered adequate information about the topic. The speech lacked organization and/or detail to the extent that some main points were unclear.	Good The speaker used logical order and relevant details to deliver his/her information. Adequate transitions were used.	Excellent Logical, coherent organization and relevant information helped convey the speaker's message clearly. Detail and word choice were appropriate to the purpose. Smooth transitions were used.
Conclusion	Needs Improvement The speaker ended the speech abruptly without conclusion.	Fair The speaker concluded the speech in a disorganized fashion.	Good The speaker concluded the speech by adequately summarizing the main points.	Excellent The speaker quickly summarized the main points, referred back to the introduction to bring the speech full circle, and left the audience with a lasting impression.
Required Sources	Needs Improvement Sources are missing.	Fair Student has under 2 sources verbally cited within the speech.	Good Student has at least 2 credible sources verbally cited within the speech.	Excellent Student has at least 2 credible and intriguing sources verbally cited within the speech in an effective way.
Delivery
	Needs Improvement 2 pts	Fair 3 pts	Good 4 pts	Excellent 5 pts
Voice	Needs Improvement Audience had difficulty hearing and/or understanding much of the speech due to low volume. Very little expression was shown.	Fair The student could be heard most of the time but at certain points was inaudible. Little expression was shown.	Good The student spoke loudly and clearly enough to be easily understood. The speaker used adequate expression and rate.	Excellent Consistent and effective volume, articulation, and expression were present in the speaker's voice. Appropriate rate and pausing were employed.
Eye Contact	Needs Improvement The speaker seldom looked at the audience.	Fair The speaker looked up occasionally and focused on only a few people during the speech.	Good The speaker looked at much of the audience often.	Excellent The speaker looked at all of the audience most of the time.
Body Language	Needs Improvement The speaker's posture and expression indicated a lack of enthusiasm or comfortableness with the speech. Some movements were very distracting and made the speech difficult to follow.	Fair The speaker had some distracting movement during delivery. Facial expressions seemed forced or absent.	Good The speaker maintained adequate posture and non-distracting movement during the speech. Expressions were comfortable.	Excellent The speaker maintained good posture. Movements were purposeful and enhanced the delivery of the speech. Facial expressions were comfortable and showed enthusiasm for the topic.
Time Limit	Needs Improvement Very short with fillers (uhm, like, well)	Fair Significantly under time and with "uhms'	Good Slightly under time with overly long pauses and "uhms"	Excellent 3-5 minutes without overly long pauses and "uhms"
Visual Aid
	Needs Improvement 2 pts	Fair 3 pts	Good 4 pts	Excellent 5 pts
Appearance	Needs Improvement There was not enough time spent on the creation of the visual aid.	Fair The visual aid is lacking appeal and organization.	Good The visual aid is appealing to the eye and has some organization.	Excellent The visual aid was very interactive and appealing to the eye. There is clear organization to the visual aid. The student clearly spent ample time on the aid.
Content	Needs Improvement The visual aid has nothing the do with the topic the speaker is explaining.	Fair Pieces of the visual aid are relevant to the topic.	Good There are a few confusing aspects with the relevancy of the visual aid, but for the most part is relevant to the topic.	Excellent The visual aid is completely relevant to the topic the speaker is explaining.
Use	Needs Improvement The speaker did not reference the visual aid.	Fair A few gestures were made in the general direction of the visual aid.	Good The speaker references the visual aid ample enough times for the audience to know how it is related to the speech.	Excellent The speaker referenced the visual aid frequently and used the aid to help explain their main points.

Keywords:

informative speech, presentation

Subjects:

English

Types:

Presentation

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