Student Rubrics

Student Scoring Tool

Your goal is to persuade the committee to save your endangered animal. Remember a creative introduction and strong conclusion will leave a lasting impression on the committee members. Practice your presentation several times so that you speak confidently. Keep to the time limit.

Your teacher will use the scoring tool below to evaluate your presentation.

	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point	0 points
Introduction	Very creative & attention getting.	Good, but lacked creativity.	Fair. Not clear and hard to hear or understand.	Poor introduction.	No introduction.
Time 2 partners =========== (1 person)	4.5 - 5 minutes. =========== (3 - 4 min.)	3 - 4.5 minutes. =========== (2.5 - 3 min.)	2.5 - 3 minutes =========== (1.5 - 2.5 min.)	Less than 2 min. ============= Less than 1.5 min.
Voice Quality	Excellent volume & excellent enthusiasm.	Good volume & some enthusiasm.	Fair volume & little enthusiasm.	Poor volume & little enthusiasm.	Poor volume & no enthusiasm.
Eye contact / Spoke to Audience	Entire speech.	Most of speech.	About half of the speech.	Very little eye contac / Rarely looked at audience.	No eye contact / Never spoke to audience.
Knolwedge of Topic	Excellent.	Good.	Fair.	Poor.
Use of Visual	Excellent use of visual.	Effective use of visual.	Fair use of visual--Could have been used more.	Poor use of visual.	No use of visual unless promopted.
Conclusion	Strong, creative & very persuasive.	Good / clear & persuasive.	Fair, not really clear.	Poor conclusion.	No conclusion given.
Audience Response	Audience totally engaged / Excellent presentation.	Audience responded well to presentation most of the time.	Some audience engagement.	Little audience engagement.	No audience engagement.

Grading Scale

30 - 32 points	A	14 - 20 points	C
29 points	A-	13 points	C-
28 points	B+	12 points	D+
23 - 27 points	B	8 - 11points	D
22 points	B-	0 - 7	F
21 points	C+

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