Name: ______#: ____ Date: ______Oral Language Rubric

Criteria Requirements Points 10 9 8 7 Holds attention Consistent use Displayed No eye contact of entire of direct eye minimal eye with audience. audience with contact with contact with Eye Contact ______the use of audience. audience. direct eye contact. Good use of Delivery is Delivery is in Delivery is drama and patterned, but bursts and does either too quick student meets does not meet not meet or too slow to Pacing ______apportioned apportioned apportioned meet time interval. time interval. time interval. apportioned time interval. Student Makes minor Displays mild Tension and displays mistakes, but tension; has nervousness is relaxed, self- quickly trouble obvious; has Poise confident recovers from recovering trouble ______nature about them; displays from mistakes. recovering self, with no little or no from mistakes. mistakes. tension. Use of fluid Satisfactory Displays some Consistently speech and use of level of uses a inflection inflection, but inflection monotone Voice maintains the does not throughout voice. ______interest of the consistently delivery. audience. use fluid speech. Student Student Student clearly Student does delivers open displays clear uses either an not display and closing introductory or introductory or clear Introduction and remarks that closing closing remark, introductory or ______Closure capture the remarks. but not both. closing attention of the remarks. audience and set the mood.

Total score out of 50 points ______