ORAL PRESENTATION RUBRIC

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Topic
Section: Subject: Date:
TRAIT 4 3 2 1 Score
Holds attention of entire Consistent use of direct Displayed minimal eye
No eye contact with
audience with the use of eye contact with contact with audience,
EYE CONTACT audience, as entire report
direct eye contact, audience, but still while reading mostly
is read from notes
seldom looking at notes. returns to notes. from the notes.

Movements seem fluid Made movements or

NON-VERBAL SKILLS BODY LANGUAGE Very little movement or No movement or
and help the audience gestures that enhances
descriptive gestures. descriptive gestures.
visualize. articulation.

Student displays relaxed, Makes minor mistakes,

Displays mild tension; Tension and nervousness
self-confident nature but quickly recovers
POISE has trouble recovering is obvious; has trouble
about self, with no from them; displays little
from mistakes. recovering from mistakes.
mistakes. or no tension.

Demonstrates a strong,
Occasionally shows Shows absolutely no
positive feeling about Shows some negativity
Ethusiasm positive feelings about interest in topic
topic during entire toward topic presented.
topic. presented.
presentation.

Verbal skills Student uses a clear voice Student’s voice is low.

Student’s voice is clear. Student mumbles,
and correct, precise Student incorrectly
Student pronounces incorrectly pronounces
pronunciation of terms so pronounces terms.
Elocution most words correctly. terms, and speaks too
that all audience Audience members have
Most audience members quietly for a majority of
members can hear difficulty hearing
can hear presentation. students to hear.
presentation. presentation.

Student demonstrates full

Student is at ease with Student is uncomfortable Student does not have
knowledge by answering
expected answers to all with information and is grasp of information;
Subject knowledge all class questions with
questions, without able to answer only student cannot answer
explanations and
elaboration. rudimentary questions. questions about subject.
elaboration.

Student presents
Content Student presents Audience has difficulty Audience cannot
information in logical,
information in logical following presentation understand presentation
Organization interesting sequence
sequence which because student jumps because there is no
which audience can
audience can follow. around. sequence of information.
follow.
Presentation has no Student’s presentation
Presentation has no Presentation has three
more than two has four or more spelling
Mechanics misspellings or misspellings and/or
misspellings and/or and/or grammatical
grammatical errors. grammatical errors.
grammatical errors. errors.

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EVALUATOR: TOTAL SCORE: