Standard/Cluster Listening Benchmark # AV.12.COMM.2.2 Benchmark Evaluate own and using rubrics and scoring others’ speaking, guides. Also Assess Benchmark Students will evaluate the elements of public speaking based on Clarification specific rubrics and scoring guides. Content Limits Items may include identifying an area in need of improvement based on a written or oral presentation. Items may include evaluating a specific component of a speech based on a rubric or scoring guide. Items may include a comparison between two speeches. Items may include constructing a part/section of a speech. Items will not include writing a speech. Terms and concepts such as public speaking terminology including: fluency, continuity, volume, eye contact, pacing, movement, gesticulation, facial expression, enunciation, and/or pronunciation may be used. Terms and concepts regarding speech writing rubrics and presentation rubrics such as structure, manuscript, diction, cohesiveness, basic thesis, preparation, presentation, engagement, and/or visual aids may be used. Stimulus An AVID, document, text, student speech sample, historical speech, Attributes rubric, and/or scoring guide may be used. Content Focus The practice of evaluating speeches will be explored. Sample Item As you watch a student give a presentation, you are given a scoring rubric to judge his performance using various speaking elements. The student is fluid with his speech, uses hand gestures often when necessary, and uses higher level vocabulary, but he often looks at his notes losing eye contact with the audience. Which area on the rubric below would this student lose points? *A. Preparation B. Movements, Gestures and Expressions C. Language and Diction D. Visual Aids
Standard/Cluster Listening Benchmark # AV.12.COMM.2.2 Benchmark Evaluate own and others’ speaking, using rubrics and scoring guides. Also Assess Benchmark Clarification Students will evaluate the elements of public speaking based on specific rubrics and scoring guides. Content Limits Items may include identifying an area in need of improvement based on a written or oral presentation. Items may include evaluating a specific component of a speech based on a rubric or scoring guide. Items may include a comparison between two speeches. Items may include constructing a part/section of a speech. Items will not include writing a speech. Terms and concepts such as public speaking terminology including: fluency, continuity, volume, eye contact, pacing, movement, gesticulation, facial expression, enunciation, and/or pronunciation may be used. Terms and concepts regarding speech writing rubrics and presentation rubrics such as structure, manuscript, diction, cohesiveness, basic thesis, preparation, presentation, engagement, and/or visual aids may be used. Stimulus Attributes An AVID, document, text, student speech sample, historical speech, rubric, and/or scoring guide may be used. Content Focus The practice of evaluating speeches will be explored. Sample Item As you watch a student give a presentation, you are given a scoring rubric to judge his performance using various speaking elements. The student is fluid with his speech, uses hand gestures often when necessary, and uses higher level vocabulary, but he often looks at his notes losing eye contact with the audience. Which area on the rubric below would this student lose points? *A. Preparation B. Movements, Gestures and Expressions C. Language and Diction D. Visual Aids
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