Hatboro-Horsham School District
Oral Presentation Rubric
NON VERBAL SKILLS
Eye Contact
Poise
VERBAL SKILLS
Volume
Clarity
Rate
Tone
Distinguished
Proficient
Apprentice
Novice
Holds attention of entire
audience with the use of
direct eye contact. Student
relies on notes for
prompting only.
Student stands up straight
and displays relaxed, selfconfident nature about self,
with no mistakes.
Movements seem fluid and
help the audience visualize
and enhance the
audience’s understanding.
Consistent use of direct
eye contact with audience.
Student relies on notes for
prompting, but needs more
rehearsal.
Student stands up straight.
Makes minor mistakes, but
quickly recovers from
them; displays little or no
tension. Movements seem
fluid and help the audience
visualize.
Displayed minimal eye
contact with audience.
Student sometime reads
from notes
No eye contact with
audience. Entire
presentation is read from
notes.
Sometimes stands up
straight. Displays mild
tension; has trouble
recovering from mistakes.
Very little movement or
descriptive gestures.
Student slouches. Tension
and nervousness is
obvious; has trouble
recovering from mistakes.
No movement or
descriptive gestures.
Student's voice is clear
and loud enough to be
heard by all audience
members throughout the
presentation.
Student uses a clear voice
and precise pronunciation
of terms.
Student's voice is clear
and loud enough to be
heard by my most
audience members..
Student's voice is low and
a bit unclear. Audience
members have difficulty
hearing presentation.
Student's voice is often too
soft to be heard by the
majority of the audience
members.
Student uses a clear voice
and pronounces most
words correctly
Student mumbles at times
and incorrectly pronounces
some terms.
Student mumbles or
cannot be understood.
Student mispronounces
many terms.
Student speaks at a steady
pace, which the audience
can easily follow
Tone matches the feeling
of the topic. Establishes
the audience’s feeling
toward the topic.
Student speaks at a steady
pace
Hatboro-Horsham School District
Oral Presentation Rubric
SPEECH ELEMENTS
Focus
Content
Organization
OPTIONAL
Visual
Demonstrates a clear
purpose and focus
Shows a full understanding
of the topic.
Has some success
defining purpose and focus
Shows a good
understanding of the topic.
Student presents
information in logical,
interesting sequence,
which audience can follow.
Student presents
information in logical
sequence, which audience
can follow.
Visual/object/handout
enhances speech. It has
only notes or highlighting
point and has no
misspellings or
grammatical errors.
Visual/object/handout does
enhance the speech
somewhat. It takes away
from the speech
somewhat. It has full
phrases from the speech
that go beyond highlighting
key points. Presentation
has a few misspellings
and/or grammatical errors
Attempts to define purpose
and focus
Shows a good
understanding of parts of
the topic.
Audience has difficulty
following presentation
because student jumps
around.
Purpose and focus are not
clearly defined
Does not seem to
understand the topic very
well.
Audience cannot
understand presentation
because there is no
sequence of information.
Visual/object/handout
encompasses the entire
speech. It takes away from
the speech and gives full
sentences from the
speech. Presentation has
several misspellings and or
grammatical errors
Visual/object/handout has
the complete speech
written out. Student’s
presentation has many
spelling and /or
grammatical errors that
distract from the
presentation