Aspects to be Evaluated

What Strengths Look Like
Excellent
Levels 4 & 3+

What’s OK
Very Good, Good
Level 3

What Weaknesses Look Like
Areas that Need Improvement 
Levels 2 & 1

On Time 

Good   
Fair  
Needs Improvement

.  Everything at school. Ready to go.

. Knew how to set up visuals

. Had thought out where things should go.

.  Everything at school. Ready to go.

. Forgot parts at home.

.  Forgot whole project at home.

.  Work not ready.

. Not comfortable with handling visuals, cue cards etc. showing not enough practice.

Content 

Excellent   
Very Good   Good    
Fair   
Needs Improvement

.  Used extensive technical/ subject related vocabulary.

.  Information well organized, clear & easy to follow.

.  Excellent, extensive information.

.  Showed thorough understanding of topic, spoke well in own words.

. Spoke well in own words.

. Talked as if you really were that person.

.  Made it clear what presentation was about at beginning.

.  Information easy to understand.

.  Good information.

. Used some technical/subject related vocabulary.

. Started into presentation without introduction.

.  Presentation difficult to follow/ unclear.

.  Too little information.

.  Used little or no technical/subject related vocabulary.

. Showed little understanding of topic when answering questions.

. Incorrect information.

Artefacts

Visual Aids - A way of giving information not in essay or written form

·          costumes

·          models

·          pictures

·          graphic organizers

Excellent  
Very Good   Good   
Fair  
Needs Improvement

.  Elaborate costume worn during presentation.

. Significance of clothing explained.

. Model was elaborate & showed care in construction.

. Several well drawn pictures created.

.  Pointed out importance of things that were shown to direct audience viewing.

. Artefacts brought & explained.

. Showed several pictures, images tagged & organized.

. A variety of visuals used.

.  Some attempt made to alter appearance to suit the role.

. Wore a costume.

. Model made related to topic.

. 1 or 2 pictures drawn about topic.

. Artefact brought.

.. Showed a picture from a book, image tagged.

.  Items were briefly explained.

.  No attempt to "play" the role.

. No costume worn.

.  No model or hand drawn pictures created.

. No artefact.

. No image from a book presented.

. Quality of model or pictures lacked care and effort.

. Items just shown, not explained.

. When showing items, just stated “This is, this is..” with no explanation.

 . Items that were brought were not easy to see.

Cue Card

Excellent  
Very Good   Good   
Fair  
Needs Improvement

.  Presentation outline & few significant facts written out.

.  Knew presentation so well, hardly used cue card.

. Presentation outline on cue card showed order of information.

. Point form notes written out in order of presentation.

.  Cue card referred to during presentation.

.  No cue card.

.  Information written out in full sentences.

.  Used information on sheets.

. Referred directly to information from web sites printed off of computer.

Presentation Technique

Excellent  
Very Good   Good   
Fair  
Needs Improvement

. Looked enthusiastic, interested.

. Made eye contact with audience.

. Delivery is fluent, well-paced.

. Referred to cue card only to prompt self.

.  Spoke well, used own words, descriptive language.

. Easy to hear.

. Eyes up occasionally.

. Appeared calm.

. Used cue card to refresh memory.

.  Talked to the audience (not ‘recited to’) in own words.

.  Little eye contact.

.  Hard to hear.

.  Nervous gestures.

.  Read information rather than speaking.

.  Did not speak in own words – sounded memorized from a script.

. Back turned to the class while explaining Visual Aid