<p>Name: ______October, 2011 6B- _____ Speaking: Speech of Introduction — Grade Rubric</p><p>Directions: Use the ratings below to get a sense of your overall strengths and weaknesses. Your final grade is based on your overall speech, not just on your individual ratings for each standard. This means that I don’t simply add up your ratings to arrive at your final grade.</p><p>Standards Ratings: 1 — 4 (see key below)</p><p>Poise  Energy is calm and clean, without showing nervousness.</p><p>Gesture  Facial expressions & body language show a sincere interest in & and an appropriate enthusiasm for the topic. Enthusiasm</p><p>Volume  Voice is loud enough to be heard easily but is not too loud.</p><p>Pitch  Pitch (sound) & tone (vocal attitude toward your speech) are & emotionally appropriate. Voice has natural (not overly-practiced) Tone energy, enthusiasm, and inflection (rise and fall).</p><p>Clarity  Pronunciation is as clear and easy to understand as possible.</p><p>Pace  Pace is appropriate: is not too fast and not too slow; and is steady.</p><p>Eye Contact  Eye contact reaches everyone in the room in a regular, calm, and controlled way.</p><p>Preparedness  Delivery and content show signs of good rehearsal and planning without sounding memorized, avoiding “umm’s” and gaps.</p><p>Content  Speech provides plenty of interesting details and stories; is & logically organized, including an effective capture and close; Organization does not sound like a list; and uses transitions to connect ideas.</p><p>Wording  Wording is smooth, interesting, and appropriate.</p><p>Time 1:00 – 3:00 minutes: ______</p><p>Scoring Key 1 = Needs Improvement 2 = Some Weaknesses 3 = Good 4 = Excellent Final Grade: ______/ 100</p>