Academic Article Presentation Rubric Class: Date: Student Name:

Excellent- Good- Adequate- Fair- Poor-

Score
Exceeds the standard Meets the standard Approaches the standard Below the standard Not level appropriate
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Includes all the required content Includes all the required content Includes most of the required content May omit required content. Ideas tend Most or all of the required content is
elements. Ideas are fully developed elements. Ideas are mainly developed elements. Ideas include some support, to lack sufficient support. Summary or omitted or there is a severe lack of
and supported. Summary and and supported with some possible but the support may lack sufficient response may be very short. Does not support and development. Is short of
response are given equal time. The lapses. Summary and response are development. Summary and response meet time requirement. The main the time requirement. The main ideas
main ideas of the paper were clear and given mainly equal time. Meets the may be somewhat uneven. May be a ideas of the paper were mainly unclear were unclear and difficult to
CONTENT
understandable for the audience. required time. The main ideas of the little short of the required time. The and difficult to understand for the understand.
paper were mainly clear and main ideas of the paper were audience.
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understandable for the audience. somewhat clear and understandable
for the audience.

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Content is clearly and effectively Content is clearly organized, with Organization is attempted buy may be Organization shows little planning. Illogical sequencing; structure is
structured. No information is occasional small lapses. Shows good faulty. May show more problems with More irrelevant information may be confusing; disjointed parts/ideas; very
irrelevant. A variety of transitions and unity with possible occasional lapses. unity, but mainly includes relevant included. Cohesion may be weak so few transitions or incorrect usage;
ORGANIZATION,
other cohesive devices are included Includes mainly correct transitions and information. May show weaker that it is difficult to follow the ideas
UNITY, COHESION
and used correctly so that each idea other cohesive devices so that each cohesion and coherence, but the and comprehension is affected. 20
flows logically to the next and idea usually flows logically to the next message is not greatly affected.
connection between ideas is clear. and connection between ideas is
mainly clear
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Shows strong mastery of language: Shows good mastery of language: Shows some mastery of language: uses Some lack of language mastery: very Severe lack of language mastery;
GRAMMAR and correct, varied grammatical structures; some variety of grammatical structures a smaller variety of grammatical limited grammatical structures and sentences may be too fragmented,
VOCABULARY USE grammar and vocabulary use almost and vocabulary; few grammar or structures and vocabulary, grammar vocabulary, grammar, vocabulary & grammar, vocabulary, & pronunciation
error-free; vocabulary errors; and vocabulary errors; pronunciation pronunciation; comprehension have so many errors that little
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has occasional major errors remains but is difficult comprehension is possible.
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The entire PPT was easy to The PPT was generally easy to The PPT was understandable and Difficulties at times understanding/ Difficult to understand/ read the PPT
understand/read and was properly understand/read and mostly linked to linked to speech, but had a few reading the PPT and attempted to and rarely attempted to linked to
VISUAL DELIVERY & linked to speech. Used all images and speech. Frequently used images and problems. Often used images and linked to speech frequently. speech. Seldom used images and
BODY LANGUAGE & words effectively. Shows spontaneity; words effectively. Strong/confident words effectively. Awkward body Occasionally used images and words words effectively. Poor body position;
APA strong/confident body position; good body position; appropriate gestures; position and/or gestures. Presentation effectively. Unnatural body position; no eye contact. May omit APA 20
gestures; presentation is not read. presentation is mainly memorized. is somewhat memorized (may include over/under use of gestures; lack of eye bibliography and citation
Includes APA citations and Includes APA citations and some reading). Includes APA citations contact. May omit APA bibliography
bibliography slide. bibliography slide. and bibliography slide. and citation
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Enunciates clearly; natural, fluent Enunciates; mostly natural, fluid Enunciates sometimes; attempts Trouble enunciating; unnatural Trouble enunciating; choppy
discourse with clear intonation; No discourse with good intonation; few natural, fluid discourse and intonation; intonation; choppy discourse or discourse; many long pauses; sounds
difficulty understanding the speech. pauses; Little difficulty understanding some pauses; Difficult to understand sounds memorized; frequent pauses; extremely unnatural; Very difficult to
VERBAL DELIVERY Almost no mistakes with the speech. Few mistakes with the speech at times, but mostly Difficult to understand the speech, but understand the speech. Many
pronunciation, speed and/ or volume. pronunciation, speed and / or volume. intelligible. Some mistakes made with not very intelligible. Mistakes made mistakes made with pronunciation, 20
Always used correct intonation Often used correct intonation pronunciation, speed and/ or volume. with pronunciation, speed and/ or speed and/ or volume. Rarely used
throughout the speech throughout the speech. Used correct intonation throughout. volume. Sometimes used correct correct intonation throughout.
intonation throughout.
 TOTAL
100

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