Investigation Oral Presentation

Student Name __________________________________________                               Score ___________________/150

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1. All of the above questions are answered for all 3 sections (Career Pathway, Specific Career, and Post-Secondary Option).
2. Reflects appropriate public speaking skills
3. Involves the audience
4. Entertaining
5. Education
6. Meets the time requirement (not less than 5 minutes nor more than 10)

CATEGORY 

10 

8 

6 

2

Content

Career Pathways

Career

Post-Secondary

X6

Relevant, telling, quality details give the audience important information that goes beyond the obvious or predictable. The speaker successfully uses reasons/appeals to shy who the audience should care or want to know more about the topic.

Supporting details and information are relevant, but one key issue or portion of the storyline is unsupported. The speaker successfully uses one or two reasons/appeals to try to show why the reader should care or want to know more about the topic.

Supporting details and information are relevant, but several key issues or portions of the storyline are unsupported. The speaker attempts to make the reader care about the topic, but is not really successful.

Supporting details and information are typically unclear or not related to the topic. The writer made no attempt to make the reader care about the topic.

Preparedness 

Student is completely prepared and has obviously rehearsed.

Student seems pretty prepared but might have needed a couple more rehearsals.

The student is somewhat prepared, but it is clear that rehearsal was lacking.

Student does not seem at all prepared to present.

Enthusiasm 

Facial expressions and body language generate a strong interest and enthusiasm about the topic in others.

Facial expressions and body language sometimes generate a strong interest and enthusiasm about the topic in others.

Facial expressions and body language are used to try to generate enthusiasm, but seem somewhat faked.

Very little use of facial expressions or body language. Did not generate much interest in topic being presented.

Involving the Audience 

Student gets the entire audience involved with strong interest and enthusiasm about the topic.

Student gets some members of the audience involved with strong interest and enthusiasm about the topic.

Student gets members of the audience involved with little interest or enthusiasm about the topic.

Student does not get the audience involved about the topic.

Entertaining 

Student provides an entertaining aspect of the topic and explains how it relates, to keep the audiences attention.

Student provides an entertaining aspect of the topic and partly explains how it relates, but neglects to keep some of the audience’s attention.

Student attempts to provided an entertaining aspect of the topic, but doesn’t explain how it relates, and it does not keep the audiences attention.

Student does not provide an entertaining aspect of the topic.

Stays on Topic 

Stays on topic all (100%) of the time.

Stays on topic most (99-90%) of the time.

Stays on topic some (89%-75%) of the time.

It was hard to tell what the topic was.

Posture and Eye Contact 

Stands up straight, looks relaxed and confident. Establishes eye contact with everyone in the room during the presentation. Speaks clearly and distinctly all (100-95%) the time, and mispronounces no words. Does not use umm, like, etc.  

Stands up straight and establishes eye contact with everyone in the room during the presentation. Speaks clearly and distinctly all (100-95%) the time, but mispronounces one word. Uses umm, like, etc once in awhile.

Sometimes stands up straight and establishes eye contact. Speaks clearly and distinctly most (94-85%) of the time. Mispronounces no more than one word.  Uses umm, like, etc words frequently

Slouches and/or does not look at people during the presentation. Often mumbles or cannot be understood OR mispronounces more than one word.  Uses umm, like, etc every other word

Attire 

Business attire, very professional look OR a costume related to the presentation

Casual business attire.

Casual business attire but wore sneakers/flip flops or seemed somewhat wrinkled.

General attire not appropriate for audience (jeans, t-shirt, shorts) OR violated The Dress Code OR the costume doesn’t relate to presentation

Time-Limit 

Presentation is 7-10 minutes long.

Presentation is 5-6 minutes long.

Presentation is 4 minutes long.

Presentation is less than 4 minutes OR more than 10 minutes.

Organization 

An inviting introduction and satisfying conclusion, with thoughtful transitions, logical and effective sequencing, and pacing is well controlled.

Has a recognizable introduction and conclusion, some transitions work well, sequencing is not under control, and pacing is fairly well controlled.

There is no introduction or conclusion, some transitions work well, sequencing is not under control, and pacing is fairly well controlled.

There is no introduction or conclusion, no transitions, no sequencing, and pacing is not controlled.

Date Created: 2003-04-15 Career Pathways - Tufts  http://rubistar.4teachers.org/view_rubric.php3?id=752417