MASTERFUL (5) SKILLED (4) PROFICIENT (3) DEVELOPING (2) NOVICE (1) POINTS

NONVERBAL SKILLS

Attempted fluid
Movements are fluid movements or Some movement, very little movement
and help the gestures to enhance adequate posture, does or decriptive no movement
audience visualize, articulation. Excellent not enhance nor detract gestures, poor or gestures,
BODY LANGUAGE excellent posture posture from the presentation posture poor posture x2=
EYE CONTACT w/
AUDIENCE superior good sometimes seldom none x1=

tension and
nervousness is
Relaxed and self- quickly recovers from mild tension, has some nervous, lots of obvious and
confident, no minor mistakes, trouble recovering from trouble recovering impacts entire x1=
POISE mistakes relaxed mistakes from mistakes presentation
VERBAL SKILLS

Fluid speech and

inflection used, all Clear and strong
pronunciations are speech most Satisfactory inflection, displays some level monotone
correct, volume is pronunications are speech is NOT fluid, of inflection presentation
ELOCUTION or such that the correct, most of the stumbles over words, throughout delivery, throughout,
VOICE audience can hear audience can hear. some people can hear hard to hear' hard to hear x4=
CONTENT

demonstrates full
knowledge of demonstrates full
subject by knowledge of subject does not have
answering all class by answering all class a grasp of the
questions with questions with is comfortable with is uncomfortable with information ,
SUBJECT explanations and explanations but fails information but only able information stumbles cannot answer
KNOWLEDGE elaboration to elaborate to answer basic questions over questions questions x2=

information
presented in a no sequence of
logical, intersting information presented audience has information,
sequence which the in a logical sequence difficulty following audience
audience can follow, which the audience information presented in a because presenter cannot follow,
has a works cited can follow, has a logical sequence which jumps around, no no works cited
ORGANIZATION page works cited page the audience can follow works cited page page x2=

Interesting
introduction that
captures the Introduction is given but
audience's Clear introduction that does not guide the Introduction is no introductory
INTRODUCTION attention. guides the audience audience attempted remarks x2=

CLOSING
clear conclusion
that summarizes the clear conclusion that
presentation and summarizes the
has a call to action presentation
no spelling or
conclusion is attempted
but confusing
X abrupt end to
the
presentation,
no conclusion
5 or more
x2=

MECHANICS grammatical errors no more than 2 errors no more than 3 errors no more than 4 errors errors x1=
Graphics enhance
the presentation
VISUALS/GRAPHIC and are well Graphics enhance the graphics relate to the graphics inhibit the no graphics in
S planned presentation presentation presentation presentation x1=
 presentation is
presentation is too short;
completed with the reflects little or
time allowed, and presentation is presentation is not presentation is not no
shows time completed over the completed within allowed completed within consideration
consideration in the allowed time; time / runs over; presenter allowed time / runs given to time
PACING / LENGTH planning presenter rushes rushes short limit. x2=
TOTAL