Rubric for Informative Speech



Rubric for Informative/Explanatory Speech

Topic: _______________________ Speaker: ____________________

|Content – STANDARDS |4 – 3.5 |3 – 2.5 |2 – 1.5 |1-0 |

| |Exceeds Standard |Meets Standard |Works on approaching |Not meeting/ barely|

| | | |Standard |meeting Standard |

|INTRODUCTION |Attention-getter grabs the |Attention-getter gets |Attention-getter is |Attention getter |

|ATTENTION GETTER |audience, creates |audience involved (mentally |present but limited. |isn’t present. |

|PURPOSE  |information hunger. A clear|or physically). Explanation|The explanation of |Topic statement |

| |explanation of topic leads |of topic leads us into the |topic is late, weak or|isn’t present. |

| |audience smoothly into the |speech. |makes it harder for us | |

| |speech | |to follow you into the | |

| | | |speech | |

|ORGANIZATION |Organization of complex |Used logical order to |The speech lacked a |There is no |

|TRANSITIONS |ideas is logical, coherent |deliver information. |logical order, utilized|discernible order, |

|RELATIONSHIPS |and relevant which helps |Utilized basic transitions |minimal transitions, |no transitions, and|

| |convey message clearly. |and organized ideas, |and only hints at |the ideas, concepts|

| |Smooth transitions were made|concepts and information |organized ideas, |and information are|

| |so that each new element | |concepts, information. |unorganized |

| |builds on the preceding to | | | |

| |create unified whole | | | |

|DEVELOPMENT OF TOPIC |Developed topic thoroughly |Developed topic by selecting|Topic needs more |Very few, if any, |

| |by selecting most |significant and relevant |development. Included |relevant facts, |

| |significant and relevant |facts, definitions, details,|minimal significant and|definitions, |

| |facts, definitions, details,|etc. appropriate to the |relevant facts, |details, etc. |

| |quotations, appropriate to |purpose of the speech |definitions, details, |included in speech |

| |purpose. | |etc. | |

|CONTENT |You made your topic |You used appropriate word |You used some |Very few |

|LANGUAGE |interesting to specified |choices, vocabulary, and |appropriate word |appropriate word |

| |audience, using appropriate |examples. Detail and word |choices, vocabulary, |choices, |

| |word choices, vocabulary, |choice were appropriate to |examples. Need help to|vocabulary, |

| |figurative language and |audience. |make detail and word |examples. Details |

| |level of complexity. Detail| |choice appropriate to |and word choices |

| |and word choice and examples| |audience. |not appropriate to |

| |were appropriate to audience| | |audience. |

|STYLE |You established and |You maintained a formal |You struggle to |You lack formality |

| |maintained a formal style |style and relatively |maintain a formal and |in your tone. Your|

| |and relatively objective |objective tone through most |relatively objective |information is too |

| |tone while attending to the |of your speech. |tone. You become too |subjective. |

| |norms of an informational/ | |informal and subjective| |

| |explanatory speech. | |several times. | |

| CONCLUSION |You provided a concluding |You concluded the speech by |Development of each |Little development |

| |statement that summarized |adequately summarizing the |main point is spotty. |of main points. |

| |the main points, referred |main points, mentioning a | | |

| |back to the introduction or |previous anecdote, or | | |

| |supplied a looking forward |mentioning future research. | | |

| |statement to bring speech | | | |

| |full circle and left | | | |

| |audience with lasting | | | |

| |impression. | | | |

|DELIVERY |Excellent |Good |Fair |Needs Improvement |

|Time |Effectively and |Less than 30 seconds |More than 30 seconds |Significantly failed to |

| |appropriately met the |over/under time limit |over/under time limit |meet time limit |

|_____________ |time limit | | | |

|Preparedness |You appeared |You seemed fairly |Your presentation seemed |You lack confidence, |

|Composure |well-prepared, practiced,|comfortable, practiced, |to need more practice to |practice, preparedness, |

|Polish |confident, comfortable, |and confident |make it polished and |polish. It was obvious |

| |which enhanced your | |confident |you were not well |

| |credibility. | | |prepared. |

|SOURCES |_______ | | | |

|OUTLINE |_______ | | | |

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