Career Speech Assignment
Career Speech Assignment
• You will research a potential career and present your career to the class.
• The speech must
o Be 4-5 minutes in length
o Have a typed outline and a Works Cited page in MLA format. Both must be submitted on the first day of presentations to receive full credit.
o Include
▪ Introduction
▪ Description of the career
▪ Job requirements/skills
▪ Approximate entry-level salary
▪ Schooling required (high school diploma, Associate’s degree, Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, Doctorate, medical school, law school, etc.) and a list of schools that offer these degrees
▪ An explanation about why you would like to pursue this career.
▪ A summary of what you have learned about the career as a result of your research for this speech.
▪ A visual aid which enhances your presentation (PowerPoint, poster, handout etc.)
• To begin your research
o Login to your computer
o Go to Start→Library Apps→Bridges Transitions, Inc.
o Create a new portfolio.
o Create own portfolio and own password.
▪ SITE ID: 1221903
▪ PASSWORD: central
o You may also use the government's Occupational Handbook
• For assistance with MLA format, consult The Purdue OWL.
Career Speech Rubric
| |15 |14/13 |12 |11 |10 or fewer |
|Content |Abundance of material |Sufficient |Great deal of |Some information |Topic unclear or |
| |clearly related to topic; |information related |information related |related to topic; |content is off |
| |points clearly made; sound|to topic; many good |to topic; little use|little use of logic |topic; no evidence |
| |logic evident |points but uneven |of logic evident |evident |of logic presented |
| | |balance; some logic | | | |
| | |evident | | | |
|Coherence/ |Topic is clearly stated; |Most information |Concept and ideas |Concept and ideas |Presentation choppy |
|Organization |persuasive logic developed|presented in logical|somewhat connected; |loosely connected; |and disjointed; does|
| |with support; high impact |sequence; generally |few clear |lacks clear |not flow at all; |
| |introduction; clear |very well organized,|transitions; flow |transitions; flow and|development of topic|
| |conclusion; flows together|but better |and organization |organization choppy |is vague; no |
| |well; effective use of |transitions needed |choppy | |apparent order of |
| |transitions |between ideas | | |presentation |
|Non-Verbal Delivery |Effective use of |Good use of |Fair use of |Poor use of |No evidence of |
|Skills |non-verbal skills (5) |non-verbal skills |non-verbal skills |non-verbal skills (2 |non-verbal skills |
| | |(4) |(3) |or 1) |(0) |
|Verbal Delivery |No grammar, articulation, |Few (1-2) grammar, |Some (3-4) grammar, |Several (5-6) |Many (7+) grammar, |
|Skills |pronunciation, or |articulation, |articulation, |grammar, |articulation, |
| |enunciation errors; no |pronunciation, or |pronunciation, or |articulation, |pronunciation, or |
| |vocalized pauses |enunciation errors; |enunciation errors; |pronunciation, or |enunciation errors; |
| | |few vocalized pauses|some vocalized |enunciation errors; |many vocalized |
| | | |pauses |several vocalized |pauses |
| | | | |pauses | |
|Visual Aid |Visual aid is clearly |Visual aid is mostly|Visual aid is |Visual aid is not |No visual aid |
| |visible, organized, |visible, organized, |somewhat visible, |visible, organized, |exists, or visual |
| |colorful, eye-catching, |colorful, |organized, colorful,|colorful, |aid is irrelevant to|
| |neat, and topic-enhancing |eye-catching, neat, |eye-catching, neat, |eye-catching, neat, |presentation |
| | |and topic-enhancing |and topic-enhancing |and topic-enhancing | |
Non-Verbal Skills Utilized:
|Appearance |Effective Gestures |
|Eye Contact |Good Posture |
|Facial Expressions | |
o Deduction: Adherence to time (-2 points for every
30 seconds under) ________
o Deduction: Works Cited page ________
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