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Graduation Speech

Students will deliver a graduation speech which meets the rubric requirements.

Rubric Code: R2W8538

By katcallahan

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Subject: Communication

Type: Presentation

Grade Levels: 9-12, Undergraduate

Graduation Speech
	Excellent Speaker demonstrates the desired behaviours consistently throughout the speech. 4 pts	Good The speaker demonstrates the desired behaviours most of the time. 3 pts	Fair The speaker demonstrates the desired behaviours about 50% of the time. 2 pts	Needs Improvement The student infrequently or does not demonstrate the desired behaviours at all. 1 pts	Poor Not present or no effort demonstrated 0 pts
Introduction- the hook	Excellent The speaker grabs the audience's attention and makes the audience eager to listen.	Good The speaker somewhat grabs the attention of the audience.	Fair The speaker included an introduction but the attention-getter was weak.	Needs Improvement The speaker failed to grab the attention of the audience.	Poor Not demonstrated or present
Organization	Excellent Logical, coherent organization helped convey the speaker's message clearly. It was easy to follow & to understand.	Good The speaker used a logical order to deliver the information, but may have minor lapses in organization where the audience gets "lost."	Fair The speaker attempted to use an organizational pattern, but it was not always effective. Speaker rambled at times and/or did not stay on topic.	Needs Improvement The speech was difficult to follow due to a lack of organization and rambling.	Poor Unable to follow; no message
Conclusion	Excellent The speaker drew the speech to a close with an effective memorable or encouraging statement.	Good The speaker adequately concluded the speech and ended the speech with a closing statement.	Fair The speaker concluded the speech in a disorganized fashion and/or did not have a closing statement.	Needs Improvement The speaker ended the speech abruptly without an effective conclusion.	Poor No clear ending; student just sits down without prompting.
Vocal Quality: Rate, Pitch, Volume and pronunciation	Excellent The speaker's voice was loud enough to hear. The speaker varied rate, pitch & volume to enhance the speech. Appropriate pausing was employed and there was no verbal clutter. Speaker pronounced words clearly, correctly, and without verbal fillers.	Good The speaker spoke loudly and clearly enough to be understood. The speaker varied rate, pitch OR volume to enhance the speech. Pauses were attempted. Some verbal clutter. Speaker pronounced most words clearly, and without verbal fillers.	Fair The speaker could be heard most of the time. The speaker attempted to use some variety in vocal quality, but not always successful. A lot of verbal clutter. Speaker mispronounced some words, did not speak clearly, or used verbal fillers.	Needs Improvement Audience had difficulty hearing and/or understanding much of the speech due to low volume. Little variety in rate, pitch or volume. Verbal clutter is distracting. Speaker mispronounced several words, did not speak clearly, excessive use of verbal fillers.	Poor Unclear, garbled, barely audible.
Eye Contact	Excellent Good eye contact was used during the entire speech with the audience.	Good Good eye contact was used most of the time with the majority of the audience.	Fair The speaker struggled to make eye contact with the majority of the audience during most of the speech.	Needs Improvement The speaker seldom or never looked at the audience.	Poor Speaker looked down the entire time or looked at notes.
Body Language	Excellent The speaker maintained good posture. Any movements & gestures were purposeful and enhanced the delivery of the speech and did not distract.	Good The speaker maintained adequate posture and non-distracting movement during the speech.	Fair The speaker did not use gestures or some gestures & movements were distracting.	Needs Improvement The speaker's posture and expression indicated a lack of enthusiasm with the speech. Movements were very distracting.	Poor Speaker had no sense of body language
Preparation/ Fluency	Excellent The speaker appeared well-prepared, confident and comfortable .	Good The speaker seemed fairly comfortable and confident and some-what prepared.	Fair The speaker had some confidence, but there was a great degree of stammering.	Needs Improvement The speaker did not seem prepared and/or lacked any confidence.	Poor Speaker treated speech as an impromptu occasion-it was evident the task was not taken seriously.
Adherence to Time Limit	Excellent Speech 4-6 minutes.	Good One minute over or under the time frame	Fair Two minutes over or under the time frame	Needs Improvement Three minutes over or under the time frame.	Poor Student attempted to meet time requirements by using filler material which lacked connection and/or support to the speech. Time requirement satisfied at the cost of the speech message.
Tone/ Mood	Excellent The speaker creates a warm, heartfelt mood. There were no times when the speech made audience feel uncomfortable.	Good The speaker somewhat creates a warm, heartfelt mood. Audience was uncomfortable perhaps once during the speech, but this was quickly rectified.	Fair The speaker created a brief moment of warmth. The audience felt uncomfortable two or three times. The material discussed may have caused some to feel uneasy.	Needs Improvement The speaker did not achieve warmth with the speech. The audience felt uncomfortable many times during the speech. The topic was not lighthearted and fun.	Poor Tone is inconsistent with a celebratory occasion and created a negative mood.
Content Relevance	Excellent Speech is relevant and inclusive to the entire class.	Good Speech is relevant and inclusive to most of the class.	Fair Speech is relevant and inclusive to some members of the class.	Needs Improvement Speech is not relevant nor inclusive. Largely covers personal experiences.	Poor Speech content is inappropriate and/or mean in some fashion.
Appropriate for the occasion	Excellent Speaker obviously considered the audience and used appropriate language, context, and examples for this audience.	Good Speaker mostly considered the audience and used appropriate language, context, and examples for this audience.	Fair Speaker sometimes considered the audience and used appropriate language, context, and examples for this audience.	Needs Improvement Speaker used inappropriate language, context, or examples for this audience.	Poor Speaker did not consider anyone other than self in creating this speech. From language use to context to examples, the speech was designed to solicit an effect from the audience, not to give information to the audience.
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