Oral presentation rubric

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Exceptional

Presentation is organized, informative and engages the audience's attention.

Presenter connects facts, experience and research to demonstrate a superior understanding of the topic.

Presenter shows outstanding command of presentation skills, including body posture, language, eye contact and voice.

Responses to questions are fluent, precise and persuasive, demonstrating superior understanding of the topic.

Contains a clear and original thesis about the subject(s) being analyzed.

Uses specific and convincing evidence to extensively support the thesis (e.g., examples, facts, details, references and/or quotes).

Provides accurate information and properly attributes all sources.

Compels reader to reexamine the subject in light of interpretive claims and arguments.

Presentation is organized, informative and engages the audience's attention.

Presenter gives the audience a clear view of the facts and research related to the topic and/or experience

Presenter shows very good command of presentation skills, including body posture, language, eye contact and voice.

Responses to questions are fluent, and precise, demonstrating thoughtful understanding of the topic.

Contains a clear and thoughtful thesis about the subject(s) being analyzed.

Uses specific evidence to thoroughly support the thesis.

Provides accurate information and properly attributes all sources.

Convinces reader of interpretive claims.

Presentation is organized and informative.

Presenter includes facts, experiences and research related to the topic.

Presenter shows good command of presentation skills, including body posture, language, eye contact and voice.

Responses relate to the questions and show a command of the facts and a good understanding of the topic.

Contains a clear thesis about the subject(s) being analyzed.

Specific evidence is used to support the thesis.

Provides accurate information and properly attributes all sources.

Makes reasonable interpretive claims

Presentation lacks organization and coherence.

Presenter's facts are clear but not always related to the topic and/or the experience.

Presenter shows some command of presentation skills, including body posture, language, eye contact and voice.

Responses do not always speak to the question or show a command of the facts.

Contains a thesis about the subject(s) being analyzed but it is unfocused.

Supports claims with evidence, but only somewhat.

Provides mostly accurate information, although some sources aren't properly attributed.

Makes obvious or undeveloped claims.

Presentation lacks organization and coherence.

Presenter's facts are unclear and not always related to the topic an/or experience.

Presenter shows little command of presentation skills, including body posture, language, eye contact and voice.

Responses often do not speak to the question and rarely show a command of the facts.

Thesis is vague or is difficult to find.

Supports claims with very little evidence.

Often provides inaccurate information and fails to attribute some sources.

May introduce no explicit interpretive claims anywhere in the essay.

Presentation lacks any organization and coherence.

Presenter does not use any facts, experiences or relate any relevant research.

Presenter shows little command of presentation skills, including body posture, language, eye contact and voice.

Responses do not speak to the questions or show command of the facts.

Contains no thesis.

Does not support claims with evidence.

Provides inaccurate information and fails to attribute sources.

Does not seem to show an understanding of what is required in interpretive writing.