Final Presentation Performance
Novice
Developing
Conclusion (“Last
Impressions Matter”)
Includes no clear conclusion.
The speech just seems to stop.
Restate the main theme and
major support.
Introduction (“…So
Do First”) and
Transitions.
- provides no clear opening.
Audience is unsure what the
topic and/or theme is.
- provides no Basis for
audience to predict what will
follow.
- creates an opening that
orients the audience to the
topic or theme but not both.
- gives audience some sense of
what will follow.
- Establishes key ANCHOR
language and repeats that
language word for word at
important transitions in the
speech.
Presence (“Own the
Room”)
- speaks loud enough to be
heard by the audience
- makes occasional eye contact,
mostly with the teacher
- makes eye contact with
different members of the
audience.
- shows that the speech has
been rehearsed and includes
some variation in pitch,
volume, and speed.
- emphasizes key
words/phrases.
Practitioner
Expert
- sets up the conclusion with
transitional language (“As a final
thought…).
- restates major theme but also has
some “movement” (zooming out or
panning across).
-Crafts a final sentence that is clever
and ties together the speech as a
whole (perhaps by connecting back
to the introduction).
- creates an opening that grabs the
audience’s attention, is skillfully and
clearly connected to main topic of
speech, demonstrates understanding
of audience and subject, and
establishes pattern/expectations for
the rest of the speech. (e.g. “I will be
discussing three things…”)
- sets up key ANCHOR language that
is repeated at key transitions
throughout the speech.
- modifies that ANCHOR language in
clever ways.
- employs pathos, ethos, and/or
logos to connect with the audience at
these key moments.
- makes consistent eye contact with
different sections of the audience.
- uses the full presentation space
- plans out hand gestures, pauses,
and practices variation in pitch,
volume, and speed.
- DOES NOT RUSH, HANG BACK
AGAINST THE BOARD, and/or
OVERMEMORIZE.
All of the practitioner, plus…
* crafts an ending that
surprises us and
complicates earlier ideas.
All of the practitioner plus…
* crafts an opening that
surprises us, gets us
learning something new or
creates a pathos-rich
moment.
All of the practitioner plus…
* finds creative ways to
involve/engage the audience
in the speech.
Final Presentation Content
Controlling Idea /
Shared Theme / Basis
of Comparison (“The
What”)
Analysis of Literary /
Filmic / Musical
Elements (“The
How”)
Slides
Novice
Developing
Practitioner
Expert
- clearly explains a
similarity shared by all
three works of art. The
similarity connects two
of the works
successfully.
- points out specific,
interesting details from
each of the works and
explains what makes
them interesting.
- clearly explains a similarity
between the three works of
art.
-clearly explains an essential
similarity between the three works.
The basis of comparison is
supported and counter-arguments /
audience questions are explicitly
considered.
- points out a specific
literary/filmic/musical elements or
technique used by each author and
explains how the element or
technique is used in the text.
- explicitly connects literary
element/technique to the
controlling idea.
All of practitioner plus…
* argues for a similarity that is
surprising and/or complex (more
than one).
- creates slides that engage on their
own while complimenting/
interacting with the presentation in
ways such as creating irony,
evoking emotional response,
creating emphasis, or visualizing an
important concept.
- creates slides that are primarily
visual in nature and do not repeat
what is being presented.
All of practitioner plus…
- use of animations that enhance
presentation.
- use of imagery that is hand
created.
- creates slides that
distract or exactly
reproduce what is
being said in the
presentation.
- points out a specific
literary/filmic/musical
element or technique used by
each author.
- demonstrates partial
control in speaking about
literary element or
technique.
- implies a connection
between the literary
element/technique and the
controlling idea.
- creates slides that are
clearly related to the works
of art on which you are
presenting.
All of practitioner plus…
- explains how this author’s use of
the element/technique differs
from traditional uses of it.
- works with a literary
element/technique that is often
overlooked.