WORKSHEET FOR MAKING A RUBRIC

Transfer Goal:

GRASPS (Paragraph form):

You are an exchange student in an international school outside your country. A local television network will be interviewing you to learn your home
country’s customs and traditions, festivals and holiday celebrations. You will be asked to deliver a three-to-five minute informative speech about
it. You can make your visual aids as support to make your audience feel and see what you are telling them about the Philippines. The audience will
be the faculty and staff, as well as the junior high school students in the international school. Your performance will be assessed using a performance
rubric.

Criteria
(5) (4) (3)

Organization
Purpose/Audience/Topic/Word You clearly made your topic and You could make your purpose Your purpose or the relevance of
Choice purpose relevant and interesting to clearer or your topic or word topic were unclear or
your specified audience, using choices more relevant to your inappropriate for your specified
appropriate word choices and level specified audience. audience.
of complexity.
You had a good attention getter and You had a start on an introduction You need stronger attention-
Introduction a clear preview or purpose statement but still needed _________ getter and a clearer preview or
that led the listeners smoothly into purpose statement.
the speech.

Body and Transitions Your organizational pattern and You need to make your points Your organizational pattern and/or
transitions made your speech easy to clearer; reorganize or chunk some transitions were unclear, making it
follow. of your information to make it easy

Conclusion Your conclusion emphasized your
main point/s and drew your speech
to a close with an effective
memorable statement.
Your rhetorical support (illustrations,
Support/Ex-Explanation of examples, etc.) and or visual support
Ideas was effective in making your points.
Criteria
(5)
Delivery
Eye Contact You used your notes as cues, not
crutches which added to your
credibility and our involvement.
Your voice was loud enough to be
Vocal Rate, Pitch, Pauses, and heard clearly; you used your rate,
Volume rate, volume, pitch and pauses
effectively to enhance your message.
to follow and remember and/or
give us stronger cues.
You had a start on a conclusion but
you will need a _______.
Your support was useful but you
needed_________.
(4)
You need rely less on your notes
and/or make better use of eye
contact to enhance your message
and stay connected with your
audience.
Your vocal variety was effective
overall, but you could use your
voice to enhance your message by
_________.
difficult for the listeners to follow
and understand.
You need to bring your speech to
a close by summarizing or
reminding us of your main points.
Your support was weak.
(3)
You appeared to be reading to us
a significant part of the time and/
or had little eye contact.
You need to work on ________
Vocal Quality, Articulation, and
Pronunciation
Nonverbal/ Posture/ Gestures
Preparedness, Composure and
Polish
Your voice was conversational
pleasant and powerful which helped
engaged us in your message,
articulation and pronunciation were
clear.
You looked comfortable using your
hands, body and facial expressions
naturally and effectively without
distractions.
You appeared well prepared,
confident and comfortable which
enhanced your credibility. Your
presentation seemed polished.
You need to put more life in your
voice and/or use a more
conversational tone; continue to
work on articulation and
pronunciation.
Your body language worked well
overall, though you could work
more on _____________
You seemed fairly comfortable and
confident, which started to build
credibility, although you seemed to
need a bit more practice to have a
polished presentation.
You need to put a more life in your
voice in order to maintain the
audience’s attention.
You had very few gestures, body
motions or facial expressions, you
need to be more animated. your
posture and gestures ere
destructing and/or unnatural.
Your presentation seemed pretty
rough, you needed more practice
to increase your credibility and
build your confidence.