iRubric: Career Speech rubric

Frequent pauses. Little preparation was shown. Speech did not flow, was choppy.

Student has some pauses but did not take away from speech overall. Student was clear and speech flowed some of the time.

Tone was conversational, but with purpose.
Voice sounded natural, neither patterned nor monotone.
Speaker pronounced words clearly, correctly, and without verbal fillers.

Student used a speech pattern that was engaging and flowed. No pauses, well rehearsed.

Neglects to
engage the audience because rarely makes and maintains eye contact or uses movement (facial expressions, posture, gestures) to focus attention and interest

Occasionally engages the audience by making and maintaining eye contact and using movement (facial expressions, posture, gestures) to focus attention and interest

Usually engages the audience by making and maintaining eye contact and using movement (facial expressions, posture, gestures) to focus attention and interest

Actively engages the audience by making and maintaining eye contact and using movement (facial expressions, posture, gestures) to focus attention and interest