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Informative Speech Persuasive Speech Rubric Code: MB44BX By lhall85 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: (General) Type: Presentation Grade Levels: 9-12

Informative Speech
	Excellent 100 pts	Good 90 pts	Fair 75 pts	Needs improvement (N/A)
Introduction 10 %	Excellent Has a strong attention getter that grabs the audience's attention. Thoroughly introduces the topic including a statement of credibility and a statement of relevance to the audience.	Good Gains the audience's attention, but needs to be stronger. Missing either credibility or relevance statements, but overall still a decent intro.	Fair Attempts to get the audience's attention. Forgets credibility and relevance statements. The introduction is weak.	Needs improvement Does not get the audience's attention or introduce the speech effectively.
Eye Contact 10 %	Excellent The student demonstrates steady eye contact with the entire class during the entire presentation.	Good The student demonstrates steady eye contact most of the time with the entire class during the entire presentation.	Fair The student struggles to make consistent eye contact with the rest of the class throughout the presentation.	Needs improvement The student makes no attempt to establish eye contact with the class at any time during the presentation.
Voice 10 %	Excellent The student's voice is clear and can be easily heard by the entire class. Pauses and vocal variety are used to enhance the presentation. Verbal clutter is not an issue.	Good The student's voice is clear and can be easily heard the majority of the time. Pauses and vocal variety are used. Verbal clutter is a minor issue.	Fair The student's voice is inconsistent. Pauses and vocal variety are not used effectively. There is too much verbal clutter.	Needs improvement The student's voice is hard to hear or understand throughout the majority of the presentation. No pauses or vocal variety used. Verbal clutter is distracting.
Body Movement 10 %	Excellent Body movement, gestures, and facial expressions add greatly to the message.	Good Body movement, gestures, and facial expressions compliment the message and do not distract.	Fair Body movement, gestures and facial expressions lack variety and/or do not add to the message. They may begin to distract.	Needs improvement Body movement, gestures and facial expressions are lacking or distracting.
Speech Body 25 %	Excellent The topic is fully explained in an interesting and engaging manner with specific details. The speech is easy to follow with a clear organizational structure. Transitions are used effectively to enhance the speech.	Good The topic is explained in an interesting manner, but a little more information is needed. The speech has a clear organizational structure. The student attempts to use transitions, but not always effectively.	Fair The topic is somewhat explained, but more information is needed, especially more specific details. The speech is not always easy to follow because of lack of organization. Transitions are not used.	Needs improvement The speaker talked about the topic, but it was vague and uninteresting. A lot more information needed. No clear organizational structure used.
Conclusion 10 %	Excellent The speaker emphasized the main points and drew the speech to a close with an effective memorable statement.	Good The speaker concluded the speech by adequately summarizing the main points and ended the speech with a closing statement.	Fair The speaker concluded the speech in a weak or uninteresting manner.	Needs improvement The speaker ended the speech abruptly without an effective conclusion.
Visual Aid 15 % chart, video, power point etc.	Excellent The visual aid enhances the speech and is used effectively to explain the topic. It was appealing, large, easy to read and understand.	Good The visual aid was used appropriately to explain the topic. It was clear, large, and easy to understand.	Fair The visual aid is connected to the speech, but doesn't work effectively. It is not as clear, large and/or easy to understand as it needs to be.	Needs improvement There is no visual aid or it is of poor quality. It does not add to the speech and may distract from the speaker's message.
Time 10 %	Excellent Within 4-6 minutes.	Good No more than 15 seconds over or under the time limit.	Fair More than 15 seconds but less than 30 seconds over or under the time limit.	Needs improvement More than 30 seconds over or under the time limit.

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