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CATEGORY

4 points-A

3 points-B

2 points-C

1 points-D

Preparedness

Student is completely prepared and has obviously rehearsed.

Student seems pretty prepared but might have needed a couple more rehearsals.

The student is somewhat prepared, but it is clear that rehearsal was lacking.

Student does not seem at all prepared to present.

Speaks Clearly

Speaks clearly and distinctly all (100-95%) the time, and mispronounces no words.

Speaks clearly and distinctly all (100-95%) the time, but mispronounces one word.

Speaks clearly and distinctly most ( 94-85%) of the time. Mispronounces no more than one word.

Often mumbles or can not be understood OR mispronounces more than one word.

Pauses

Pauses were effectively used 2 or more times to improve meaning and/or dramatic impact.

Pauses were effectively used once to improve meaning and/or dramatic impact.

Pauses were intentionally used but were not effective in improving meaning or dramatic impact.

Pauses were not intentionally used.

Pitch

Pitch was often used and it conveyed emotions appropriately.

Pitch was often used but the emotion it conveyed sometimes did not fit the content.

Pitch was rarely used OR the emotion it conveyed often did not fit the content.

Pitch was not used to convey emotion.

Sound Effects

Student uses several sound effects that show considerable work/creativity and which make the presentation bette

Student uses 1 sound effect that shows considerable work/creativity and which make the presentation better.

Student uses 1 sound effect that detract from the presentation.

The student uses no sound effect.

Enthusiasm

Speech generates a strong interest and enthusiasm about the topic in others.

Speech sometimes generate a strong interest and enthusiasm about the topic in others.

Speech is used to try to generate enthusiasm, but seem somewhat faked.

Speech did very little to generate much interest in topic being presented.

Editing

Excellent There were no slips in editing that detract from presentation and several effects were edited in to add to the presentation.

There were no slips in editing that detract from presentation.

There were a few slips in editing that detract from the presentation.

Overall poor audio editing detract from the presentation.