Full name: ____________________________________________ Period: _____ Speech Score: _____________ Oral Presentation Score: _____________ Argumentative Speech Rubric Exemplary (4) Proficient (3) Approaching (2) Struggling (1) All of Proficient Introduction includes Introduction includes Introduction includes and… relevant background or some background or limited background context information about context information information about the introduction is the topic; introduces main about the topic and topic, but leaves out engaging. points of speech; generally introduces important information establishes purpose for main points of speech Introduction speech. Main claim is clearly Claims and subclaims are clearly Claims and subclaims are Claims and subclaims are introduced; subclaims introduced throughout writing clearly introduced and clear, focused, and consistent are relevant to main and organized so that organized in a way that makes throughout the writing. Claims claim. relationships between claims and relationships among claims & Organization of the claims and subclaims are clear. subclaims clear. Organization subclaims builds the reader's supports the reader's understanding throughout the understanding. Some attention writing. The significance of is given to the significance of the claims is clearly claims. established. Argumentative Selects a variety of Selects a variety of relevant Selects evidence that generally Evidence for claims is not a detailed, relevant evidence that is sufficient to supports claims; evidence is direct quote OR is missing OR evidence; evidence support claim; evidence clearly weakly related to claim evidence is not related to clearly and accurately supports claims claim Evidence Selection supports claims of Explanation is clear Explanation is relevant analysis Explanation partially explains Explanation is limited, analysis that accurately that explains how the selected how selected evidence supports consisting mostly of repeating, explains how the evidence supports claim; claims or statements; may still rewording, and/or selected evidence however analysis at times may be contain some repeating, summarizing the evidence Evidence supports claims or vague, illogical, or overly general rewording, and/or summarizing of Explanation statements of evidence
Full name: ____________________________________________ Period: _____ Speech Score: _____________ Oral Presentation Score: _____________ Argumentative Speech Rubric Exemplary (4) Proficient (3) Approaching (2) Struggling (1) Introduction All of Proficient and… introduction is engaging. Introduction includes relevant background or context information about the topic; introduces main points of speech; establishes purpose for speech. Introduction includes some background or context information about the topic and generally introduces main points of speech Introduction includes limited background information about the topic, but leaves out important information Argumentative Claims Main claim is clearly introduced; subclaims are relevant to main claim. Claims and subclaims are clearly introduced throughout writing and organized so that relationships between claims and subclaims are clear. Claims and subclaims are clearly introduced and organized in a way that makes relationships among claims & subclaims clear. Organization supports the reader's understanding. Some attention is given to the significance of claims. Claims and subclaims are clear, focused, and consistent throughout the writing. Organization of the claims and subclaims builds the reader's understanding throughout the writing. The significance of the claims is clearly established. Selection of Evidence Selects a variety of detailed, relevant evidence; evidence clearly and accurately supports claims Selects a variety of relevant evidence that is sufficient to support claim; evidence clearly supports claims Selects evidence that generally supports claims; evidence is weakly related to claim Evidence for claims is not a direct quote OR is missing OR evidence is not related to claim Explanation of Evidence Explanation is clear analysis that accurately explains how the selected evidence supports claims or statements Explanation is relevant analysis that explains how the selected evidence supports claim; however analysis at times may be vague, illogical, or overly general Explanation partially explains how selected evidence supports claims or statements; may still contain some repeating, rewording, and/or summarizing of evidence Explanation is limited, consisting mostly of repeating, rewording, and/or summarizing the evidence
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