Informative Speech Rubric PDF

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Name: __________________________________________

Period:_______

Informative Speech Rubric Criteria

4

3

2

1

Introduction

1. Includes greeting 2. Gets attention 3. Includes a credibility statement 4. Previews main points

Meets any three of the four criteria

Meets any two of the four criteria

Meets only one of the criteria

Body

1. Language is clear and easy to understand 2. Information is well organized 3. Speaker’s expertise is obvious 4. Includes three main points

Meets any three of the four criteria

Meets any two of the four criteria

Meets only one of the criteria

Conclusion

1. Includes closing statement 2. Reinforces audience’s understanding of main idea 3. Doesn’t add new points 4. Thanks audience

Meets any three of the four criteria

Meets any two of the four criteria

Meets only one of the criteria

Supporting Materials

1. Information is supported with a strong amount of examples, statistics, and/or testimony 2. Sources are correctly cited throughout speech

1. Information is supported with a strong amount of examples, statistics, and/or testimony 2. Sources are cited throughout speech but are not always correctly cited

1. Information is supported with an adequate amount of examples, statistics, and/or testimony 2. Sources are cited throughout speech but are not always correctly cited

Speaker included supporting information but failed to cite any sources or not enough supporting materials were used

Score

Criteria

4

3

2

1

Audience Appeal

1. The speaker doesn’t overestimate what the audience knows 2. Personalized the topic 3. Related the subject directly to the audience 4. Made the speech both informative and interesting

Meets any three of the four criteria

Meets any two of the four criteria

Meets only one of the criteria

Eye Contact

Makes eye contact with audience almost all the time

Eye contact with audience 75% of the time

Eye contact with audience 50% of the time

Eye contact with audience 25% of the time

Posture

Speaker stands up straight, appears natural, and makes no distracting gestures

Speaker stands up straight, seems mostly natural, and makes no major distracting gestures

Speaker slouches a little, does not appear natural, and makes some distracting gestures

Speaker’s posture is not appropriate for the speech

Volume/ Clarity

Speaker is easily heard and understood

Speaker is heard and understood

Speaker is heard, though some words may be missed

Speaker is not loud enough to be heard, or clear enough to be understood

Rate

Speaker speaks slow enough to be understood

Speaker speaks fairly slow and almost all of words can be understood

Speaker speaks quickly and it is hard to understand some of the words

Speaker speaks too fast to understand his words

Time * 10 second grace period

8th Grade - 4:00-5:00

3:00-3:50

2:00-2:50

1:00-1:50

7th Grade - 3:00-4:00

2:00-2:50

1:00-1:50

:50 - :00

6th Grade: 2:00-2:50

1:00-1:50

:50 - :30

Less than 30 secs

_____/40

_____ x 2

Score

______/80

Standard

4

3.5

3

2.5

2

1.5

1

0.5

PS 4: Student demonstrates effective communication.

Student has received all 4’s on the Informative Speech Rubric, with the exception of the posture and eye contact portion of the rubric.

Student has received nearly all 4’s, with an exception of no more than four 3’s. This does not include the posture and eye contact portion of the rubric.

Student has received 3’s and several 2’s on the Informative Speech Rubric, with the exception of the posture and eye contact portion of the rubric.

Student has clearly written their outline, but only 1 of the components is not completely clear.

Student has received primarily all 1’s on a majority the Informative Speech Rubric, with the exception of the posture and eye contact portion of the rubric. Student has an incompletely, or not written, their outline. It is missing most of the components: ฀ Introduction with attention getter, credibility statement, and preview statement. ฀ Body with 3 main points, evidence, and transitions. ฀ Conclusion with a brief summary of what you said, and a thanks to the audience.

Student has mostly 1’s or did not present anything for their speech.

Student has clearly written their outline. It has all the components: ฀ Introduction with attention getter, credibility statement, and preview statement. ฀ Body with 3 main points, evidence, and transitions. ฀ Conclusion with a brief summary of what you said, and a thanks to the audience.

Student has received primarily all 2’s on a majority the Informative Speech Rubric, with the exception of the posture and eye contact portion of the rubric. Student has an incompletely written outline. It is missing several of the components: ฀ Introduction with attention getter, credibility statement, and preview statement. ฀ Body with 3 main points, evidence, and transitions. ฀ Conclusion with a brief summary of what you said, and a thanks to the audience.

Student has received 1’s and 2’s on a majority the Informative Speech Rubric, with the exception of the posture and eye contact portion of the rubric.

PS 11: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Student has received a majority score of 3’s on the Informative Speech Rubric, with the exception of the posture and eye contact portion of the rubric. Student has written their outline. It has most of the components: ฀ Introduction with attention getter, credibility statement, and preview statement. ฀ Body with 3 main points, evidence, and transitions. ฀ Conclusion with a brief summary of what you said, and a thanks to the audience.

Student has written their outline, but only 1 or 2 of the components is not completely clear, or missing 1 or 2 things, such as a clear transition, evidence, or their main points sound similar.

Student has an incomplete outline, but has a start for 1-2 of the components.

Student has not turned in or completed their outline besides 12 sentences....