Memorization Speech Scoring Rubric

ELAGSE9-10SL3: Evaluate and/or reflect on a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, identifying any fallacious reasoning or exaggerated or distorted evidence.
ELAGSE9-10SL4: 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.
ELAGSE9-10SL5: Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence
and to add interest.
ELAGSE9-10SL6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. (See grades 9–10 Language standards 1 and 3 for specific
expectations.)
Far Below Below Satisfactory Proficient Advanced Score
Satisfactory Satisfactory
(0–6) (7-9) (10-11) (12-14) (15-20)
Speaker does Speaker makes Speaker makes Speaker Speaker’s use
Eye Contact not make eye minimal eye some eye routinely of eye contact
contact. contact contact. scans adds to the
audience. speech’s
effectiveness
The entire The majority Much of the Speech is Speech is
Volume speech is of the speech speech is delivered too delivered at
delivered too is delivered delivered too quietly or an appropriate
quietly. too quietly. quietly. loudly at volume.
times.
The speaker The speaker The speaker The speaker The speaker
Pronunciation mispronounces mispronounces mispronounces pronounces pronounces
the majority of many words. several words. most words all words
words. correctly. correctly.
The entire Most of the
The speech Shows Shows great
Tone speech is speech is
shows enthusiasm enthusiasm
monotone. monotone.
moments of for speaking for speaking.
enthusiasm
The entire Much of the The speech is Most of the The entire
Rate speech is speech is delivered too speech is speech is
delivered too delivered too quickly at delivered at delivered at
quickly or quickly or times, but an appropriate an appropriate
slowly. slowly. most of it has rate of speed; rate of speed.
an appropriate it may be too
rate of speed at quick or slow
other times. at times.
Speech is Speech is The speech is The speech is The speech is
Memorized partially partially mostly mostly fully
memorized memorized, memorized, memorized, memorized.
and needs pauses often to but speaker but speaker
prompting recall. might pause might pause
often. frequently to occasionally
recall or need to recall or
to be need to be
prompted. prompted.
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