LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

GENERIC SCORING GUIDE FOR ORAL PRESENTATION OR PERFORMANCE IN ALL SUBJECTS

RUBRIC TASK-SPECIFIC
LEVEL CONTENT ORGANIZATION CONVENTIONS STYLE/IMPACT
CRITERIA*
• conveys a clear • conveys a clear focus or point of • establishes and maintains • attracts and engages attention
message or purpose view consistent rapport with an • exhibits a thorough sense of audience and purpose
• contains accurate and • displays logical and clear audience • includes interesting, appropriate technique, style, or
4 relevant information sequencing of ideas • includes consistent eye contact vocabulary
• exhibits a thorough • establishes a clear introduction • performs/presents clearly enough • includes appropriate expression, voice projection,
knowledge of • exhibits smooth transitions to be easily heard vocal inflection and pacing to enhance delivery
appropriate content • ends with an effective conclusion • includes consistent correct • includes appropriate and clear gestures
that supports the presented grammar • includes visual aid/technology (when appropriate) to
material enhance delivery
• conveys appropriate emotion, originality, liveliness,
excitement, humor or suspense
• conveys a message or • conveys a focus or point of view • establishes and maintains some • attracts and holds attention
purpose • displays logical sequencing of rapport with an audience • exhibits a sense of audience and purpose
• contains accurate and ideas • includes some eye contact • includes appropriate technique, style, or vocabulary
3 relevant information, • establishes an introduction • performs/presents clearly enough • includes some appropriate expression, voice
with possibly some • exhibits transitions to be heard projection, vocal inflection, and pacing
minor errors, or • ends with a conclusion that • includes correct grammar with • includes some gestures
extraneous material supports some of the material few errors • includes visual aid/technology occasionally (when
• exhibits knowledge of presented appropriate) to enhance delivery
the appropriate content • conveys some appropriate emotion, originality,
liveliness, excitement, humor or suspense
• conveys a message or • conveys a focus or point of view, • establishes or maintains little • attracts attention some of the time
purpose but is difficult but difficult to identify rapport with an audience • exhibits little awareness of audience and purpose
to follow • displays some sequencing of • includes minimal eye contact • includes some appropriate style or vocabulary
2 • contains some relevant ideas • performs/presents so that hearing • includes little appropriate expression, voice
information; some is • establishes a simple introduction is difficult or does not pronounce projection, vocal inflection, and pacing
irrelevant or • exhibits few transitions or words clearly • includes few gestures
extraneous includes those that are very • includes frequent grammatical • includes visual aides/technology inappropriately
• exhibits some content rough errors • conveys little appropriate emotion, originality,
knowledge • ends with a simple conclusion liveliness, excitement, humor, or suspense

• conveys no apparent • conveys no apparent focus or
message or purpose point of view
• contains little relevant • displays little or no sequencing
1 information; much is of ideas
irrelevant or • establishes an ineffective
extraneous introduction
• exhibits little content • exhibits no transitions
knowledge • ends with an ineffective
conclusion
• establishes little or no rapport
with an audience
• includes minimal or no eye
contact
• performs/presents so that hearing
is impaired and/or does not
pronounce words clearly
• includes grammatical errors
consistently
• attracts little attention
• exhibits no awareness of audience and purpose
• includes inappropriate vocabulary
• includes no appropriate expression, voice projection,
vocal inflection, and pacing
• includes few, if any, gestures
• includes no visual aides/technology to enhance
delivery
• conveys no appropriate emotion, originality,
liveliness, excitement, humor, or suspense

Developed in collaboration with the Council for Basic Education, Washington D.C. *Use the language of the standard.
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