Aspects to be Evaluated

Levels 4 & 3+
What Strengths Look Like

Levels 3
What’s OK

Levels 2 & 1
What Weaknesses Look Like

On Time 

• 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 

• Information well organized, clear & easy to follow.

• Excellent, extensive information.

• Spoke well in own words.

• Used extensive technical/ subject related vocabulary.

• 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.

Visual Aids ~ Information Presentation Devices  

• Elaborate costume worn during presentation.

• Significance of clothing explained.

• Artefacts brought & explained.

• Showed several pictures, images tagged & organized.

• Pointed out important things in picture to direct audience viewing.

• Additional visuals used.

• Some attempt made to alter appearance to suit role.

• Artefact brought.

• Visual Aids that were used not easy to see.

• Showed a picture from a book, image tagged.

• No costume worn.

• No artefact.

• No image from a book presented.

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

Cue Card

• Presentation outline on cue card showed order of information.

• Knew presentation so well, hardly used cue card.

• 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 web sites printed off of computer.

Presentation Technique

• Looked enthusiastic, interested.

• Made eye contact with audience.

• Delivery is fluent, well-paced.

• Referred to cue card only to prompt self.

• Spoke well, using 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’)

• Back turned to the class while explaining Visual Aid

• Little eye contact.

• Hard to hear.

• Nervous gestures.

• Read information rather than speaking.

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