Blackburn High School Year 7 Speech Rubric Assessment Task 1 Part A 1: Limited 2: Satisfactory 3: Good Visual Organization 4: Very Good No clear opening. Audience is Opening only orients the opening that orients Engaging opening that orients unsure what the and/or theme is. audience to the topic or theme audience to topic and theme but the audience to the topic and Opening No Basis for audience to predict but not both. Audience has some is not engaging. Audience has a theme. Audience knows what will or follow. sense of what will follow. good sense of what will follow. follow. No clear conclusion. The speech There is some restatement of the Clear restatement of main theme. Creative restatement of main just seems to stop. main theme and major support. Audience is asked to action or theme and major supports. Conclusion belief. Strong call to action or beliefs. Does not supply any words Supplies a few and/or Inconsistently supplies words Supplies words and/or phrases and/or phrases that link ideas, phrases that link ideas, such as and/or phrases that link ideas, that link ideas, logical connectors. Transition Words/ Verbal Road such as sequence markers, logical sequence markers, logical such as sequence markers, logical "As I said earlier..." Signs connectors connectors connectors Analysis/ Coherence Does not connect ideas logically Connects some ideas logically Connects most logically and Connects all ideas logically and and makes few or no logical and creates a general sense of builds a cumulative statement. builds a compelling, cumulative Logic connection between statements. cumulative statement. statement. to stray from topic and off Focuses on topic with some Focuses on topic with few major Focuses tightly on and into side issues. major tangents. tangents. everything revolves about theme. Focus on Topic Uses vague and weak language Uses occasional strong, accurate Uses strong accurate language Uses precise, evocative language and/or uses language that language that is appropriate to throughout that is appropriate to throughout hat is appropriate to Vocabulary violates school honour code. the theme of the audience. and audience. the theme and audience. Originality
Blackburn High School Year 7 Speech Rubric Assessment Task 1 Part A Visual Organization 1: Limited 2: Satisfactory 3: Good 4: Very Good Opening No clear opening. Audience is unsure what the and/or theme is. No Basis for audience to predict or follow. Opening only orients the audience to the topic or theme but not both. Audience has some sense of what will follow. opening that orients audience to topic and theme but is not engaging. Audience has a good sense of what will follow. Engaging opening that orients the audience to the topic and theme. Audience knows what will follow. Conclusion No clear conclusion. The speech just seems to stop. There is some restatement of the main theme and major support. Clear restatement of main theme. Audience is asked to action or belief. Creative restatement of main theme and major supports. Strong call to action or beliefs. Transition Words/ Verbal Road Signs Does not supply any words and/or phrases that link ideas, such as sequence markers, logical connectors Supplies a few and/or phrases that link ideas, such as sequence markers, logical connectors Inconsistently supplies words and/or phrases that link ideas, such as sequence markers, logical connectors Supplies words and/or phrases that link ideas, logical connectors. "As I said earlier..." Analysis/ Coherence Logic Does not connect ideas logically and makes few or no logical connection between statements. Connects some ideas logically and creates a general sense of cumulative statement. Connects most logically and builds a cumulative statement. Connects all ideas logically and builds a compelling, cumulative statement. Focus on Topic to stray from topic and off into side issues. Focuses on topic with some major tangents. Focuses on topic with few major tangents. Focuses tightly on and everything revolves about theme. Vocabulary Uses vague and weak language and/or uses language that violates school honour code. Uses occasional strong, accurate language that is appropriate to the theme of the audience. Uses strong accurate language throughout that is appropriate to and audience. Uses precise, evocative language throughout hat is appropriate to the theme and audience. Originality