Performance Element
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Distinguished (9-10)
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Proficient (7-8)
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Apprentice(4-6)
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Novice (0-3)
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Score
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Awareness of Audience
(10)
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- Significantly increases audience
understanding and knowledge of topic;
- Effectively convinces an audience
to recognize the validity of a point of view.
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- Raises audience understanding and
awareness of most points;
- Clear point of view, but
development or support is inconclusive and incomplete.
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- Raises audience understanding and
knowledge of some points;
- Point of view may be clear, but
lacks development or support.
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- Fails to increase audience
understanding or knowledge of topic.
- Fails to effectively convince the
audience.
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Strength of Material, Organization
(10)
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- Clear purpose and subject;
- Pertinent examples, facts, and/or
statistics;
- Conclusions/ideas are supported by
evidence;
- Major ideas summarized and
audience left with full understanding of presenter's position.
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- Has some success defining purpose
and subject;
- Some examples, facts, and/or
statistics support the subject;
- Includes some data or evidence
which supports conclusions or ideas;
- May need to refine summary or
final idea.
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- Attempts to define purpose and
subject;
- Weak examples, facts, and/or
statistics, which do not adequately support the subject;
- Includes very thin data or
evidence in support of ideas or conclusions;
- Major ideas may need to be
summarized or audience is left with vague idea to remember.
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- Subject and purpose are not
clearly defined;
- Very weak or no support of subject
through use of examples, facts, and/or statistics;
- Totally insufficient support for
ideas or conclusions. Major ideas left unclear, audience left with no
new ideas.
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Delivery
(10)
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- Relaxed, self-confident and
appropriately dressed for purpose or audience;
- Builds trust and holds attention by
direct eye contact with all parts of audience;
- Fluctuation in volume and
inflection help to maintain audience interest and emphasize key points;
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- Quick recovery from minor
mistakes;
- Appropriately dressed;
- Fairly consistent use of direct
eye contact with audience;
- Satisfactory variation of volume
and inflection.
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- Some tension or indifference
apparent and possible inappropriate dress for purpose or audience;
- Occasional but unsustained eye
contact with audience;
- Uneven volume with little or no
inflection.
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- Nervous tension obvious and/or
inappropriately dressed for purpose or audience:
- No effort to make eye contact with
audience;
- Low volume and/or monotonous tone
cause audience to disengage.
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