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Argumentative Oral Presentation

Students will give an argumentative speech about a topic they selected as well as answer a self-generated question and back their decision with evidence.

Rubric Code: Z9W987

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Subject: Science

Type: Presentation

Grade Levels: 6-8, Undergraduate

Presentation Grading This score only reflects the speech itself; not the written work.
	Advanced 3 pts	Proficient 2 pts	Basic 1 pts	Below Basic 0 pts
Content/Organization
Introduction 3 pts GRAB ATTENTION - Using a hook to spark interest.	Advanced Excellent attention-getter, Related to audience, credibility established, gave very brief introduction of topic, and stated claim, (i.e. point you'll be trying to prove)previewed the main points. Clearly stated the relevance of topic to audience needs and interests.	Proficient The speaker introduced the speech adequately, including an attention getter and a preview of the main points of the speech. Claim wasn't clearly expressed. Relevance of topic to audience needs and interests was somewhat apparent.	Basic The speaker introduced the speech, but some details were unclear. The introduction lacked an attention getter and/or a preview of main points.	Below Basic The speaker failed to introduce the speech OR the introduction was not useful in indicating what the speech was about.
Organization and Clarity 3 pts Use of transition sentences, easy-to-follow order, sensible order of the presentation	Advanced Main points work within the steps and are clearly distinguished with supporting details. Transitions are effectively used for coherent movement from point to point.	Proficient General body organization steps weren't clear or well-developed. Transitions were okay, but not as unique or distinct as the could be.	Basic The steps --(need, satisfaction, visualization) lacked detail to the extent that some argumentative impact was compromised. Transitions need work.	Below Basic The speech was difficult to follow due to a lack of organization. Little detail was given to support the main points. Difficult to identify introduction, body, and conclusion.
Student Point of View 3 pts Logical reasoning and support to claim (statistics, facts, expert testimony-quotes-, etc...)	Advanced Presents sound arguments to support major claim. Arguments are supported with sufficient, relevant and valid evidence. Addressed oppositional arguments in a fair and persuasive manner.	Proficient Some arguments are sufficiently supported but some unsupported. Minor reasoning present. Oppositional argument somewhat addressed. Most sources are credible and cited aloud.	Basic Arguments lack some relevant and solid evidence. Credibility of sources and/or information is questionable. Oppositional arguments not present or not very apparent. Less than two sources are credible and/or cited aloud.	Below Basic Arguments lack relevant and valid evidence. Information is incorrect and/or outdated. Sources either aren't credible or not cited in presentation.
Conclusion 3 pts ACTION STEP	Advanced Alerted audience to the presentation conclusion. The speaker summarized the main points, tied back to the introduction to bring the speech full circle, and left the audience with a specific call to action and a powerful clincher.	Proficient Alerted audience to the presentation conclusion. The speaker recapped main points but missed at least one key component of conclusion (call to action, clincher, tie-back to intro...etc.)	Basic Ending was weak or not present; the speaker concluded the speech in a disorganized fashion. Two or more important components were not present.	Below Basic No conclusion; Ended suddenly. Most parts of conclusion were missing.
Creativity 3 pts Used to keep audience's attention	Advanced Speaker used original and effective creative techniques. (Examples include images, graphs, charts Short video clips Jokes/humor/cartoons Extra examples Anecdotes Ask the audience questions Bring an object to display)	Proficient Speaker used typical techniques to keep the attention of audience, but nothing original.	Basic Creativity was minimal.	Below Basic The element of creativity was overpowering and distracting from the true message or creativity was not included.
Why student chose the topic 3 pts	Advanced Very specifically states why the topic was chosen, reason(s), and why the topic is relevant to personal life, education, work, etc.	Proficient Student states why the topic was chosen. Student provided a vague other reasons or support for choosing the topic	Basic Student stated why the topic was chosen but gave no reasons why.	Below Basic Student does not state why the topic was chosen.
Delivery
Voice 3 pts Loud, confident speaking voice, articulation and verbal fillers (um & like)	Advanced Natural variation of vocal characteristics (pace, pitch, power, pauses, articulation) in Standard English to heighten interest and match message appropriately. Few, if any, verbal fillers.	Proficient Some limited variation of vocal characteristics. Use of pace, pitch, power and pauses seemed inconsistent at times. Some verbal fillers.	Basic The student could be heard most of the time but at certain points were inaudible and/or inarticulate. Little pitch variation. Pacing was too slow/fast. Verbal fillers were noticable and frequent.	Below Basic Audience had difficulty hearing and/or understanding much of the speech due to monotone or inappropriate variation of vocal characteristics. Inconsistent with verbal message. Excessive fluency errors interfered with message comprehension. Excessive use of vocalized fillers.
Eye Contact 3 pts Consistent eye contact with all sides of room.	Advanced Consistently and effectively used eye contact to establish rapport with audience. Rarely used speaker notes and and showed interaction with audience.	Proficient The speaker looked up occasionally and focused on just a few people during the speech. Some use of speaker notes. Seemed a bit disengaged from audience for short periods of time.	Basic Obvious use of speaker notes. Seems disengaged from audience for noticeable periods of time.	Below Basic The speaker seldom looked at the audience. Reads speech from notes. Avoided eye contact with audience. Only occasional and sporadic glances.
Prezi 3 pts	Advanced Prezi was immaculate. Polished and very little to no grammatical errors.	Proficient Prezi was organized, easy to follow. Font was appropriate and very few grammatical errors.	Basic Prezi had was somewhat organized, text was easy to read. Some grammatical errors.	Below Basic Prezi was unorganized, hard to read text and did not flow well. Several grammatical errors.
Questions 3 pts Asking and answering questions and audience participation.	Advanced Speaker satisfactorily addresses questions from the audience.	Proficient Speaker gets slightly uncomfortable with questions from audience or cannot easily formulate an answer.	Basic Very uncomfortable with questions from audience.	Below Basic Cannot answer questions from audience.

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