| Category | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
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Organization |
Presents information in logical, interesting sequence that’s easy to follow. | Presents information in logical sequence that can be followed. | Presentation is difficult to follow because student jumps around.
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No sequence of information; audience cannot follow presentation. |
| Subject Knowledge | Demonstrates full knowledge; answers all questions and elaborates. | Answers most questions and elaborates some. | Answers only rudimentary questions and can’t elaborate. | No grasp of information; cannot answer questions.
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Visual Aids |
Visual aids explain and add to presentation. | Visual aids relate to presentation. | Visual aids rarely support presen-tation
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Visual aids are non-existent or don’t support presentation. |
| Mechanics | No misspellings or grammatical errors. | No more than two misspellings or grammatical errors. | Three mis-spellings or grammatical errors. | Four or more misspellings or grammatical errors. |
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Eye contact |
Makes eye contact often, rarely looks at notes. | Make eye contact much of the time, but returns to notes frequently. | Makes occasional eye contact but mostly reads from notes. | Makes no eye contact; only reads from notes. |
| Verbal techniques | Uses clear, strong voice and correct pronunciation. | Uses clear, strong voice with little pronunciation difficulty. | Low, hard-to-hear voice; incorrect pronunciations. | Mumbles, uses incorrect pronunciation, too quiet to hear. |
