iRubric: Demonstration Speech rubric

edit print share Copy to my rubrics Bookmark test run assess... delete Do more...

Demonstration Speech

Students will deliver a 4-6 minute speech that demonstrates a skill of the student's choosing. The skill must be appropriate for a school setting and demonstrate some originality.

Rubric Code: V2297BB

By ProfMunoz

Ready to use

Public Rubric

Subject: English

Type: Presentation

Grade Levels: 9-12, Undergraduate

Demo Speech
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Needs Work 1 pts
Introduction	Excellent Effective and peaks interest in the topic. Tells audience how they will benefit from knowledge. Sets up the speech and outlines the skill to be demonstrated.	Good Somewhat effective and peaks interest in the topic. May tell the audience how they will benefit from knowledge and outline the skill to be demonstrated.	Fair Attempts to capture audience attention. Benefit of knowledge and/or outline of the skill to be demonstrated are missing.	Needs Work Fails to capture audience attention. Benefit of knowledge and outline of skill to be demonstrated are not included.
Body	Excellent Demonstrates a clear understanding of the process. Includes list of materials needed. Simple steps makes process easy to follow.	Good Demonstrates an understanding of the process. Materials included. Steps are for the most part easy to follow.	Fair Content is accurate, but process not clearly communicated. Materials may or may not be listed.	Needs Work Process not accurately or clearly explained. Materials not included.
Organization	Excellent Thoughts are clearly organized and developed to achieve the purpose. Smooth transitions.	Good Ideas flow smoothly from introduction to conclusion. Transitions are generally effective.	Fair Logical progression of thoughts, but transitions are awkward. An attempt at structure is present, but can be illogical or inconsistent.	Needs Work Lack of transitions and structure.
Eye Contact	Excellent Speaker rarely refers to notes. Makes sustained eye contact with all members of the audience.	Good Speaker maintains inconsistent eye contact with the audience.	Fair Speaker frequently refers to notes and makes little eye contact with the audience.	Needs Work Speaker rarely looks at the audience, if at all.
Body Language	Excellent Displays confident, comfortable demeanor throughout.	Good Mostly displays confident, comfortable demeanor with occasional nerves.	Fair Displays some nerves throughout the speech, but message is not hindered.	Needs Work Visible nervousness distracts from the message.
Vocal Delivery	Excellent Excellent vocal expression including appropriate variance in volume, pitch, and rate. Enthusiastic about topic.	Good Good vocal expression including appropriate volume, pitch, and rate.	Fair Some vocal expression, but lacking in enthusiasm, volume, pitch, and/or rate.	Needs Work Not effective in maintaining the audience's attention. Lacking in enthusiasm, volume, pitch, and/or rate.
Conclusion	Excellent Neatly wraps up the speech and revisits the main points smoothly and leaves the audience with an interesting final statement.	Good Wraps up the speech satisfactorily. Revisits main points. Leaves the audience with a somewhat interesting final statement.	Fair Attempts to wrap up the speech but is not completely successful. Leaves the audience without a good impression.	Needs Work Absent or confusing.
Preparation	Excellent The student was prepared with all supplies needed. Had prepared note cards.	Good Somewhat prepared. Note cards used sometimes.	Fair Not very well-prepared. Read mostly off note cards.	Needs Work No preparation at all. Read the presentation.
Length	Excellent Within 4-6 minutes time limit.	Good 1 minute over or under the time limit (7 minutes or 3 minutes)	Fair 2 minutes over or under the time limit. ( 8 minutes or 2 minutes)	Needs Work Over 8 minutes or less than 2 minutes.
Props / Visual Aids	Excellent Props and/or visual aids effectively enhance the presentation.	Good Props and/or visual aids encourage audience attention during the presentation.	Fair Use of props and/or visual aids needs improvement.	Needs Work Ineffective use of props and/or visual aids or none used.

Keywords:

Demonstration Speech

Subjects:

Types:

Presentation

Discuss this rubric