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Impromptu Speech Rubric

Students will choose from the fishbowl, prepare for 4 minutes, and then deliver a two minute speech.

Rubric Code: SXW5WC3

By mily3030

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Subject: (General)

Type: Presentation

Grade Levels: 6-8

Impromptu Speech Rubric
	Excellent 5 pts	Good 4 pts	Regular 3 pts	Average 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Nonverbal Communication	Excellent The speaker exhibits only positive movement and maintains consistent eye contact with the audience	Good The movements are good but are not enough.	Regular The movements and the eye contact is not permanet.	Average The speaker exhibits moderate nervous movement and makes limited eye contact with the audience.	Poor The speaker exhibits nervous movement and fails to make eye contact with the audience.
Vocalics	Excellent The speaker has good volume and projection and vocal variation. The speaker talks at an understandable and steady rate of speed. Audience is captivated.	Good The volume of the voice is good but needs improvements.	Regular The tone of voice is lost in the mayority of the speech.	Average The speaker has good volume and/or lacks in vocal variation. The rate is average. The audience is only marginally engaged.	Poor The speaker fails to utilize vocal variations and has poor volume. Rate is either too slow or too rapid. Speaker fails to captivate the audience.
Content	Excellent The speaker demonstrates understanding of the prompt and provides solid supporting details.	Good The content goes and comes.	Regular There are a lot of pauses.	Average The speaker addresses the prompt and provides limited supporting details. Details may be redundant or off-topic.	Poor The speaker fails to address the prompt and/or supplies very minimal details to elaborate on topic.
Continuity	Excellent The speaker delivers speech without pauses.	Good The speakers gives little pauses.	Regular The speech is lodt some of the time.	Average The speech flows smoothly with few pauses and/or thinking words.	Poor The speaker has frequent pauses, "um"s, and/or "like"s in speech.
Time	Excellent 1:30 or longer	Good 1:10	Regular 1:00	Average 50 seconds	Poor Between :50 or less