Oral Presentation Rubric Geography 3

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CRITERIA EXCELLENT (5) VERY GOOD (4) GOOD (3) SATISFACTORY (2) NEEDS SCORE
IMPROVEMENT (1)
CONTENT 20% The speaker The speaker The speaker The speaker The speaker says
provides a variety provides a variety focuses primarily includes some practically nothing.
of types of content of types of content on relevant irrelevant content. The speaker
appropriate for the appropriate for the content. The The speaker focuses primarily
task, such as task, such as speaker sticks to wanders off the on irrelevant
generalizations, generalizations, the topic. The topic. The speaker content. The
details, examples details, examples speaker adapts the uses words and speaker appears to
and various forms and various forms content in a concepts which are ignore the listener
of evidence aside of evidence on general way to the inappropriate for and the situation.
from what is what is written on listener and the the knowledge and
written in the the syllabus. The situation. experiences of the
syllabus. The speaker adapts the listener (e.g., slang,
speaker adapts the content in a jargon, technical
content in a specific way to the language).
specific way to the listener and
listener and situation.
situation.
DELIVERY 15% The speaker The speaker The volume is not The volume is too The volume is so
delivers the delivers the too low or too loud low or too loud and low and the rate is
message in a message in a and the rate is not the rate is too fast so fast that you
confident, poised, confident, poised, too fast or too or too slow. The cannot understand
enthusiastic enthusiastic slow. The pronunciation and most of the
fashion. The fashion. The pronunciation and enunciation are message. The
volume and rate volume and rate enunciation are unclear. The pronunciation and
 varies to add varies to add clear. The speaker speaker exhibits enunciation are
emphasis and emphasis and exhibits few many disfluencies, very unclear. The
interest. interest. disfluencies, such such as "ahs," speaker appears
Pronunciation and Pronunciation and as "ahs," "uhms," "uhms," or "you uninterested.
enunciation are enunciation are or "you knows. knows." The
very clear. The very clear. The listener is
speaker exhibits no speaker exhibits distracted by
disfluencies and very few problems in the
mannerisms disfluencies, such delivery of the
as "ahs," "uhms," message and has
or "you knows." difficulty
understanding the
words in the
message.
ORGANIZATION The message is The message is The message is The organization of The message is so
15% overtly organized. organized. The organized. The the message is disorganized you
The speaker helps listener has no listener has no mixed up and cannot understand
the listener difficulty difficulty random. The most of the
understand the understanding the understanding the listener must make message.
sequence and sequence and sequence and some assumptions
relationships of relationships relationships about the
ideas by using among the ideas in among the ideas in sequence and
organizational aids the message. The the message. But relationship of
such as announcing ideas in the there are times ideas.
the topic, message can that suggested flow
previewing the outlined easily. is not followed and
organization, using the ideas in the
transitions, and message is hard to
summarizing. be outlined.
CREATIVITY 15% Very original Some originality Somewhat original Little or no Repetitive with
presentation of apparent; good and in good variety variation; material little or no variety;
material; captures variety and and blending of presented with insufficient use of
the audience’s blending of materials / media little originality or materials / media.
 attention. Sounds, materials / media; but not so relevant interpretation.
Video Clips, and relevant to the to the topic to be
Pictures, even topic discussed
games and other
media were utilized
and relevant to the
topic
ABILITY TO All questions asked All questions asked Few questions Majority of the No question was
ANSWER by the facilitator by the facilitator were not answered questions were not answered
QUESTIONS 15% was answered with was answered but but all answered answered
elaboration and in manner that a questions were
complete new question will with elaboration
explanation arise and complete
explanation
DISTRACTORS 10% Having no Having minimal Having minimal Having minimal Having too many
distractions in the distractions in the distractions in the distractions in the distractions in the
whole duration of whole duration of whole duration of whole duration of whole duration of
the presentation the presentation the presentation the presentation the presentation
such as fluctuating but not enough to that somehow that disturbs the
internet disturb the disturbs the discussion
connection, discussion discussion
disturbing
background noise,
forgetfulness in
turning the
microphone on
when speaking and
turning it off when
not speaking
among others
LENGTH OF THE Within allotted five minutes short ten minutes short fifteen minutes Too long or too
PRESENTATION time. (45 minutes of time or over of time or over short of time or short; twenty or
10% to 1 hour including time . time. over time . more minutes
 the facilitator’s above or below the
questions) allotted time.

TOTAL 100%