iRubric: Informative Speech Grading Rubric

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Informative Speech Grading Rubric Rubric Code: N84X72 By jketchen Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Communication Type: Presentation Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Informative Speech Grading Rubric
	Outstanding 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Needs Work 1 pts
Introduction
Attention Enter description	Outstanding Outstanding, creative attention- getting opening sentences	Good Adequately got attention but lacked enthusiasm	Fair Communicated the topic but lacks any attention-getting features	Needs Work Lack direction and attention-getting features
Thesis/Proposition Enter description	Outstanding Well worded and communicated clearly	Good Well worded but not communicated clearly	Fair Poorly worded and/or not communicated clearly	Needs Work Not clearly stated
Preview Enter description	Outstanding Clearly communicated major points	Good Adequate preview of structure sentence	Fair Weak preview of structure sentence	Needs Work Failed to communicate the overall structure
Overall Effect	Outstanding Outstanding	Good Good	Fair Fair	Needs Work Needs work
Body
Organizational Flow	Outstanding Outstanding structure and logical flow	Good Adequate flow of points	Fair Difficult to follow structure	Needs Work No apparent logic to flow of points
Major Points	Outstanding Outstanding points with logical development	Good Clearly stated and developed	Fair Weak points poorly developed	Needs Work No apparent points or development
Transitions	Outstanding Excellent flow between parts of the speech	Good Adequate movement throughout the speech	Fair Somewhat difficult to follow points	Needs Work Difficult to follow structure
Overall Effect	Outstanding Outstanding	Good Good	Fair Fair	Needs Work Needs Work
Conclusion
Logical Closure	Outstanding Clearly used the thesis/proposition as a key feature of the conclusion	Good Adequately brought audience back to thesis/proposition	Fair Only limited hint of thesis/proposition	Needs Work Failed to bring audience back to the thesis/proposition
Psychological Closure	Outstanding Concretely communicated how audience should react to the thesis/proposition	Good Attempt to tell the audience how to react to the thesis/proposition	Fair Only briefly hinted how the audience should react to the thesis/ proposition	Needs Work Failed to communicate how audience should react to the speech
Closing Sentences	Outstanding Ended with an outstanding clincher	Good Ended with an adequate closing	Fair Weak closing—lacked any impact	Needs Work Fizzled out
Overall Effect	Outstanding Outstanding	Good Good	Fair Fair	Needs Work Needs Work
Content
Thorough	Outstanding Outstanding content using a variety of supporting materials	Good Adequate material and generally varied supporting materials	Fair Weak material which sometimes lacked relevancy with the points	Needs Work Little or no adequate supporting materials and/or inaccurate supporting materials
Cited Sources	Outstanding Always cited sources clearly	Good Generally cited sources clearly	Fair Cited few sources in the speech	Needs Work Failed to cite any sources
Used Credible Sources	Outstanding Many credible and varied sources	Good Adequate supporting materials from a variety of credible sources	Fair Few credible sources	Needs Work No credible sources cited and/or no variety in source types
Extemporaneous Delivery
Posture	Outstanding Stood straight with no fidgeting and acted confident	Good Mostly stood straight at ease with little fidgeting	Fair Slouched and lacked confidence and showed some fidgeting	Needs Work Slouched over and/or leaned on the podium and moved around too much
Enthusiasm/Conviction	Outstanding Delivered with outstanding enthusiasm and conviction	Good Generally showed enthusiasm and conviction	Fair Showed limited enthusiasm and conviction	Needs Work Showed no enthusiasm or conviction
Eye Contact	Outstanding Sustained eye contact with every audience member and only occasionally looked at notes	Good Looked at audience members frequently but also at notes	Fair Occasionally looked at audience but no one specifically and looked mostly at notes	Needs Work Never looked at the audience, only at notes
Gestures	Outstanding Natural and effective gestures which supported the speech	Good Fairly good gestures used at times throughout the speech	Fair Few if any gestures used in a stiff and unnatural way	Needs Work No gestures
Volume	Outstanding Loud enough to hear every word	Good Occasional word or phrase not loud enough	Fair Frequently spoke too softly to hear words and phrases	Needs Work Difficulty hearing large chunks of the speech or important/key works
Conversational Tone	Outstanding Delivered with conversational quality	Good Generally conversational tone	Fair Delivered with limited conversational tone	Needs Work Talked at audience rather than with audience
Rate	Outstanding Excellent rate of speech appropriate to the content	Good Generally good rate of speech	Fair Sometimes spoke either too fast or too slow	Needs Work Spoke either much too fast or too slow
Vocal Variety	Outstanding Outstanding vocal variety in volume, rate, and pitch	Good Adequate vocal variety in volume, rate, and pitch	Fair Limited vocal variety in volume, rate, and pitch	Needs Work Mostly monotone and mumbling
Vocalized Pauses	Outstanding No noticeable vocalized pauses	Good Limited use of vocal pauses	Fair Frequent use of vocal pauses	Needs Work Used many vocal pauses
Overall Effect of the Speech
Enter Title	Outstanding Outstanding	Good Good	Fair Fair	Needs Work Needs Work

Subjects:

Communication

Types:

Presentation

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