Name: ______________________________________ Grade: _____________ORAL COMMUNICATION RUBRIC
4
Proficient with distinction
CRITERIA
ORAL
COMMUNICATION
3.1 Presentation of
Knowledge and
Ideas
3
Proficient Did you….
1
Significantly below proficiency
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Fully engages the audience using
at least one accepted technique,
such as asking a question,
relating an anecdote, presenting
a statistic, or engaging in a short
activity.
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Engage the audience using at least
one accepted technique, such as
ask a question, relate an anecdote,
present a statistic, or engage in a
short activity.
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Takes steps to engage the
audience.
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Does not engage the audience.
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Effectively presents
information, findings, and
supporting evidence in a
creative, clear, concise, and
logical manner such that
listeners can follow the line of
reasoning. The organization,
development, substance, and
style are appropriate to purpose,
audience, and task.
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Present information, findings, and
supporting evidence clearly,
concisely, and logically such that
listeners can follow the line of
reasoning and the organization,
development, substance, and style
are appropriate to purpose,
audience, and task.
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Attempts to present some
information, findings, and
supporting evidence clearly,
concisely, and logically. Listeners
may not follow the line of
reasoning and the organization,
development, substance, and style
that are not entirely appropriate
to purpose, audience, and task.
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Little or no attempt to present
information, findings, and
supporting evidence clearly,
concisely, and logically. Listeners
do not follow the line of reasoning
and the organization, development,
substance, and style that are not
appropriate to purpose, audience,
and task.
Use a variety of strategies to
Attempts to use some strategies
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Skillfully uses numerous
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Little or no attempt to use
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75 points on
presentation
address and to communicate ideas
strategies to address and to
effectively:
communicate ideas effectively:
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25 points on
visual project
2
Nearly proficient

eye contact

speaking rate

volume

articulation

enunciation

pronunciation

inflection

voice modulation

intonation

rhythm
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gesture.
Makes very effective, creative,
and artistic use of visual media
in presentations to enhance
understanding of findings,
reasoning, and evidence and to
add interest.
strategies to address and to
ideas effectively:
communicate ideas effectively:

eye contact

eye contact

eye contact

speaking rate

speaking rate

speaking rate

volume

volume

volume
articulation

articulation

articulation

enunciation

enunciation

enunciation

pronunciation

pronunciation

pronunciation
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inflection

inflection

inflection

voice modulation

voice modulation

voice modulation
intonation

intonation

intonation

rhythm

rhythm

rhythm
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gesture. OC–10–2.5
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gesture.
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gesture.
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to address and to communicate
Make strategic use of visual media
and is creative, and artistic.
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Attempts to make use of visual
and is somewhat creative, and
artistic.

Little or no use of visual media
and is not creative.
Name: ______________________________________ Grade: _____________ORAL COMMUNICATION RUBRIC
English 9+10
Book Share/ Oral Presentation Guidelines
Mrs. Dumont/Mrs. Sparadeo
Philosophy! Tell ‘me what you’re going to tell’em, tell ‘em, and tell ‘em what you told ‘em.
Deliver an oral presentation of your independent reading selection for the each quarter. Prepare the following for three to five minute presentation to the class.
Outline of presentation notes.
(Note: Make sure your supporting materials/visuals are big enough for all to see, or have someone walk around and show it to the class during your
presentation. Make sure too that it states the author and title of the book you are reviewing.
Introduction
1. Introduce your book with a hook. It could be asking them to form a question about your visual or asking the audience a question
that connects to some conflict or feeling a character or characters have in your book. If it’s non-fiction, ask a question that has the
audience thinking about a theme or themes in the life of the subject of the book.
2. Introduce the author and title of the book, and an overall feeling about the book.
3. Introduce the areas of the work you will elaborate on in your presentation.
Body
1. Present information from the book about the most interesting aspect of it. Elaborate on at least two examples, references to the
text, or passages. Offer your feeling or connection about this part.
2. Present information about the second most interesting part. Elaborate on at least two examples, references to the text, or passages.
Offer your feeling or connection about this part
3. Present info about third most interesting part. Elaborate on at least two examples, references to the text, pr passages. Offer your
feeling or connection about this part.
Conclusion
1.
2.
3.
4.
Restate your main points.
Make a recommendation about who would like or not like the book .
Try to say or do something memorable that connects to the book.
Thank the audience for listening.
Name: ______________________________________ Grade: _____________ORAL COMMUNICATION RUBRIC
Visual Presentation
Directions: Choose one of the following options and design a visual to present your book to the class.
1. Design a character collage in which you use pictures/drawing to depict a characters personality trait. Explain how each image connects to book.
2. Make a Poster to advertise the book in a way to try and sell it to others. Imagine three one sentence reviews that point out some highlighted literary element
of the book.
3. Interview a main character What would you say if you have this character on your television show? What the questions that you would ask them. What
would their answers be based on textual information from the story? Make sure to ask about the most exciting incident or turn of events. Remember you want
maximum audience viewing.
4. Computer Presentation: Use PowerPoint to create a visual presentation summarizing the plot, introducing the main characters and including any other
important information about the book.
5. Children’s Book: Create a children’s book that retells the story. The book should be appropriate for elementary school children, and include illustrations
and/or graphics.
6. Game: Create a trivial pursuit or other game based on your book. Include a game board, game pieces, questions, and answer cards.
7. Poetry Book: Compile a poetry book that includes acrostics, cinquains, diamante, comparison poems and bio poems that express all aspects of the novel. You
must create at least eight different poems based on the novel. Make a decorative or colorful cover for the booklet. Put each poem on a separate page.
8. DEAR _____: Retell the novel through a series of letters to and responses from advice columnist (Ann Landers, Abby, etc.). The letters can be from one
character or from many. Be creative. Make up your own column but make sure the column relates to the book.