P R E S E N T A T I O N R U B R I C f o r P B L

(forgrades912;CommonCoreELAaligned)
BelowStandard

ApproachingStandard

AtStandard

Above
Standard

Explanationof
Ideas&
Information

Organization

Eyes&Body

doesnotpresentinformation,arguments,
ideas,orfindingsclearly,concisely,and
logically;argumentlackssupporting
evidence;audiencecannotfollowthelineof
reasoning

selectsinformation,developsideasanduses
astyleinappropriatetothepurpose,task,
andaudience(maybetoomuchortoolittle
information,orthewrongapproach)

presentsinformation,findings,argumentsand
supportingevidenceinawaythatisnot
alwaysclear,concise,andlogical;lineof
reasoningissometimeshardtofollow

presentsinformation,findings,argumentsand
supportingevidenceclearly,concisely,and
logically;audiencecaneasilyfollowtheline
ofreasoning(CC912.SL.4)

attemptstoselectinformation,developideas
anduseastyleappropriatetothepurpose,
task,andaudiencebutdoesnotfullysucceed

selectsinformation,developsideasandusesa
styleappropriatetothepurpose,task,and
audience(CC912.SL.4)

attemptstoaddressalternativeoropposing
perspectives,butnotclearlyorcompletely

clearlyandcompletelyaddressesalternative
oropposingperspectives
(CC1112.SL.4)

doesnotaddressalternativeoropposing
perspectives

doesnotmeetrequirementsforwhatshould
beincludedinthepresentation

meetsmostrequirementsforwhatshouldbe
includedinthepresentation

meetsallrequirementsforwhatshouldbe
includedinthepresentation

doesnothaveanintroductionand/or
conclusion

hasanintroductionandconclusion,butthey
arenotclearorinteresting

hasaclearandinterestingintroductionand
conclusion

usestimepoorly;thewholepresentation,or
apartofit,istooshortortoolong

generallytimespresentationwell,butmay
spendtoomuchortoolittletimeonatopic,
a/vaid,oridea

organizestimewell;nopartofthe
presentationistooshortortoolong

doesnotlookataudience;readsnotesor
slides

makesinfrequenteyecontact;readsnotesor
slidesmostofthetime

keepseyecontactwithaudiencemostofthe
time;onlyglancesatnotesorslides

doesnotusegesturesormovements

lackspoiseandconfidence(fidgets,
slouches,appearsnervous)

wearsclothinginappropriateforthe
occasion

usesafewgesturesormovementsbuttheydo usesnaturalgesturesandmovements
notlooknatural
lookspoisedandconfident
showssomepoiseandconfidence,(onlya
wearsclothingappropriatefortheoccasion
littlefidgetingornervousmovement)

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makessomeattempttowearclothing
appropriatefortheoccasion

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BelowStandard
Voice

Presentation
Aids

ApproachingStandard

AtStandard

mumblesorspeakstooquicklyorslowly

speaksclearlymostofthetime

speakstoosoftlytobeunderstood

frequentlyusesfillerwords(uh,um,so,
and,like,etc.)

doesnotadaptspeechforthecontextand
task

speaksloudlyenoughfortheaudiencetohear speaksloudlyenoughforeveryonetohear;
mostofthetime,butmayspeakina
changestoneandpacetomaintaininterest
monotone
rarelyusesfillerwords
occasionallyusesfillerwords
adaptsspeechforthecontextandtask,

attemptstoadaptspeechforthecontextand
taskbutisunsuccessfulorinconsistent

doesnotuseaudio/visualaidsormedia

attemptstouseoneorafewaudio/visual
aidsormedia,buttheydonotaddtoormay
distractfromthepresentation

usesaudio/visualaidsormedia,buttheymay useswellproducedaudio/visualaidsormedia
sometimesdistractfromornotaddtothe
toenhanceunderstandingoffindings,
presentation
reasoning,andevidence,andtoaddinterest
(CC912.SL.5)
sometimeshastroublebringingaudio/visual

Responseto
Audience
Questions

Participation
inTeam
Presentations

doesnotaddressaudiencequestions(goes
offtopicormisunderstandswithoutseeking
clarification)

Notallteammembersparticipate;onlyone
ortwospeak

Above
Standard

speaksclearly;nottooquicklyorslowly

demonstratingcommandofformalEnglish
whenappropriate(CC912.SL.6)

aidsormediasmoothlyintothepresentation

smoothlybringsaudio/visualaidsormedia
intothepresentation

answersaudiencequestions,butnotalways
clearlyorcompletely

answersaudiencequestionsclearlyand
completely

seeksclarification,admitsIdontknowor
explainshowtheanswermightbefound
whenunabletoansweraquestion

Allteammembersparticipateforaboutthe
samelengthoftime

Allteammembersareabletoanswer
questionsaboutthetopicasawhole,notjust
theirpartofit

Allteammembersparticipate,butnotequally

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