Declamation Rubrics

Minimal
CATEGORY Exceptional Commendable Adequate
Achievement
Volume is loud Volume is loud
Volume is loud
enough to be enough to be Volume often
enough to be
heard by all heard by all too soft to be
heard by all
Volume audience audience heard by all
audience
members members at audience
members at least
throughout the least 80% of the members.
90% of the time.
presentation. time.
Stands up
straight, looks
Stands up straight
relaxed and Sometimes Slouches and/or
and establishes
confident. stands up does not look at
Posture and eye contact with
Establishes eye straight and people during
Eye Contact everyone in the
contact with establishes eye the
room during the
everyone in the contact. presentation.
presentation.
room during the
presentation.
Gestures &
movement
naturally Gestures &
Gestures &
punctuate movement are Gestures &
Movement & movement are
speech. No slightly unnatural, movement are
Gestures repetitive and
superfluous, forced, or very distracting.
distracting.
distracting distracting.
gestures or
movement
Often mumbles
Speaks clearly
Speaks clearly or
Speaks clearly and distinctly
and distinctly all mispronounces
and distinctly all most (95%80%)
(100- words;
(100- of the time.
Speaks 95%) the time. annunciation &
95%) the time. No Annunciation &
Clearly Some articulation are
mispronunciations lazy speech
mispronunciations major issues;
or annunciation make
and annunciation cannot be
issues. comprehension
issues. understood as a
difficult at times.
result.
Student is Student seems The student is
Student does
completely pretty prepared somewhat
not seem at all
prepared and but might have prepared, but it
prepared to
Preparedness has obviously needed a couple is clear that
present. Not
& Accuracy rehearsed. more rehearsals. rehearsal was
memorized, line
Completely Few lacking.
prompts were a
memorized & errors in Struggled to
distraction.
accurate. memorization. remember lines.