iRubric: Speaking & Reading Rubric

The speech was difficult to follow due to the lack of flow in the speech. Too many very long pauses caused for the listener to have a lack in comprehension ability.

Student communicated some main points fluently but there were 4+ times where the student paused and had difficulty resuming their speech..

Student communicated clearly but there were 2+ times when the student paused. Student used some filler words like umm.. and.. uugh.

Students were able to communicate clearly with no difficulty. Student did not have long pauses when speaking. Used little to no fillers like um.. and.. uhh to.

Large sections of the speech were difficult to comprehend due to the speech not being loud enough. Beginning tempo

Sometimes it was difficult to hear the speech from the back of the room. There were entire parts of the speech that were not understood. Developing how to use correct tempo

Speech was loud enough but didn't stay loud. There were times where the student lost confidence and their voice lowered. Advanced use of balanced tempo

Speech was communicated with confidence. Student used a clear "teacher voice". Speech could clearly be heard from the back of the room. Excellent use of tempo, kept audience engaged