Graded Speeches

You must do at least three; you can do up to eight.

Topics may be anything you like but there must be at least one informative, one persuasive, and one cerimonial.

Hand in a copy of the outline before you do the speech - with time on it.

The grading rubric is below.

Preparation
Topic	Is it appropriate and interesting to this audience? (You can specify who the audience is if it's not the class).
Outline quality	Is the outline readable? Can you follow it without getting lost?
Time stated vs. Actual time	10% either side of expected is OK. That is, 30 seconds for a five minute speech; 18 seconds for a three minute speech; etc.
Organization
Introduction	Is the introduction engaging, interesting, and not too long?
Ability to follow Speech Components	Can I tell where I am during the speech?
Conclusion	Does it reinforce the rest of the speech?
Presentation Skills
Verbal clutter	Lack of "um," and," and other tics.
Eye contact/stance/body	Non verbal cues .
movement	If there's movement, is it appropriate?
rate/pacing	Is the speaker talking not too fast or slow?
Articulation/diction	Is the pronunciation clear and correct?