Oral Presentation Rubric

Student Name:

Presentation Topic:

Date:

1
Not Yet
Meeting
Eye Contact No eye contact
with audience;
face hidden by
paper

Voice

Body
Language

2
3
Beginning to Meeting
Meet

4
Excelling

Occasional attempts
to make eye contact
OR makes regular
contact with only
one person; looks
up at audience but
no eye contact (ie:
staring at the wall)

Consistent eye
contact with
various audience
members, script
free.

Making eye
contact
approximately
half of the time,
with only a few
different
audience
members. Only
glances down at
paper, not the
audience.
Mumbling,
Somewhat louder,
Easy to hear and
very quiet,
occasionally hard to can be
poor
hear. Pace is a bit
understood
pronunciation, better.
most of the time
monotone, too
because of good
fast.
pronunciation,
enunciation,
speed, and
volume. Voice is
exciting and not
monotone.
Posture is poor Occasionally stands Occasional
- leaning on
up straight.
lapses in
wall/board,
Intermittent
posture. Very
slouching, not fidgeting. Mostly
few fidgety
facing
faces audience.
moments.
audience,
fidgety.

Preparation Reads directly

from notes.
Making
corrections
midpresentation.
Confuses self
or audience.

Mostly read from

presentation notes.
No corrections or
mistakes.

Very little
reference to
notes required.

Voice is loud and

clear. Proper
pronunciation,
enunciation and
varied voice
inflection
enhance the
effectiveness of
the presentation.

Good posture
and no fidgeting.
Faces audience
and may move
around room.

Fully off script.