Speaking Rubric - Leominster High School

LHS/CTE Speaking Rubric
Students at Leominster High School and the Center for Technical Education will speak thoughtfully and effectively for a variety of purposes to convey
ideas, information, or emotions.
Purpose
Content
Organization
Delivery
Presentation
Exceeds Standard
5
• Consistently
communicates a clear
purpose in a highly
creative and insightful
manner.
• Consistently
communicates the main
idea or subject matter
clearly and effectively
and provides support that
contains rich, vivid and
powerful detail.
• Consistently presents
information in an
engaging and logical
sequence.
• Presents information in a
style that effectively
engages the audience’s
level of interest and level
of knowledge or
understanding.
• Consistently engages the
audience by making and
maintaining eye contact
and using movement
(facial expressions,
posture, gestures) to focus
attention and interest.
• Consistently uses a
variety of effective visual
aids and/or other methods
of presentation.
Meets Standard
4
• Clearly communicates
a purpose in a highly
creative and insightful
manner.
• Clearly communicates
the main idea or
subject matter
effectively and
provides suitable
support and detail.
• Presents information
in an engaging and
logical sequence.
• Presents information
in a style that
effectively engages
the audience’s level
of interest and level
of knowledge or
understanding.
• Engages the audience
by making and
maintaining eye
contact and using
movement (facial
expressions, posture,
gestures) to focus
attention and interest.
• Clearly uses a variety
of effective visual
aids and/or other
methods of
presentation.
Approaches Standard
3
• Uses effective
techniques to
communicate a clear
purpose.
• Generally
communicates the main
idea or subject matter
effectively and provides
suitable support and
detail.
• Generally presents
information in an
engaging and logical
sequence.
• Generally presents
information in a style
consistent with the
audience’s level of
interest and level of
knowledge or
understanding.
• Generally engages the
audience by making and
maintaining eye contact
and using movement
(facial expressions,
posture, gestures) to
focus attention and
interest.
• Generally uses a variety
of effective visual aids
and/or other methods of
presentation.
Attempt Made
2
• Demonstrates an attempt
to communicate for a
specific purpose but
makes significant errors
or omits important
information.
• Attempts to
communicate the main
idea or subject matter
effectively and provides
inconsistent support and
detail.
• Presents information in
an inconsistent sequence.
• Presents information in a
style inconsistent with
the audience’s level of
interest or level of
knowledge.
• Infrequently engages the
audience by rarely
making eye contact or
using movement (facial
expressions, posture,
gestures) to focus
attention and interest.
• Ineffectively uses visual
aids and/or other
methods of presentation.
DRAFT
Insufficient Evidence
1
• Demonstrates no
central purpose in the
communication or
makes no attempt to
articulate a purpose.
• Communicates main
idea or subject matter
ineffectively and
demonstrates little or
no support and detail.
• Rarely/never presents
information in a
consistent sequence.
• Presents information in
a style inconsistent
with both the
audience’s level of
interest and level of
knowledge.
• Does not engage the
audience by making
eye contact and using
movement (facial
expressions, posture,
gestures) to focus
attention and interest.
• Does not use visual
aids and/or other
methods of
presentation.
Revised 01/20/09

Glossary:
LHS/ CTE Speaking Rubric
DRAFT
Style: manner or method in which the idea or subject matter is presented
Example: tone, attitude, diction
Revised 01/20/09