Midterm Freshman

Getting Ready For Speech Exam 1 (Midterm): Summer 2016 - Level 2

This assignment is worth 20% of your mark

What will you do?

• You will be introducing yourself OR another person
• You will provide the audience with interesting information about yourself or another person.
• You will use appropriate language
• You will demonstrate appropriate voice projection, eye contact and posture.

What should you focus on?

• Using appropriate language
• Using appropriate verb tenses and ensure subject-verb agreement
• Using appropriate voice projection, eye contact and posture
• Be entertaining—please, don’t be boring!
• Be prepared—please, don’t read your script!*

• VERY IMPORTANT: Remember you are not just a presenter—you also need to be a good audience member who listens to and supports your classmates while they are doing their presentations.   After each presentation you will be encouraged to ask a question about the presentation.

*Remember—this is a speaking activity, so make sure you focus on speaking and not reading!

Getting Ready For Speech Exam 1: Summer 2016

Name_____________________________________                                   Student #___________________________________________

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1-0
Oral Component
Eye contact	Student made eye contact almost all of the time.	Student made eye contact most of the time.	Student made eye contact some of the time.	Student rarely made eye contact.
Posture	Student’s feet and hands were set, and their weight was balanced almost all of the time.	Student’s feet and hands were set, and their weight was balanced most of the time.	Student’s feet and hands were set, and their weight was balanced some of the time.	Student rarely had their feet and hands set, and their weight balanced.
Voice	The student voice projection was loud, and they spoke clearly and confidently almost all of the time.	The student voice projection was loud, and they spoke clearly and confidently most of the time.	The student voice projection was loud, and they spoke clearly and confidently some of the time.	The student voice projection was rarely loud, and they rarely spoke clearly and confidently.
Preparedness	Student was prepared and rehearsed enough. Tried not to read, but may have read some of the time	Student was prepared but needs more rehearsal.  Read script some of the time.	Student was somewhat prepared but needs more rehearsal. Read script much of the time.	Student was not prepared, and read script almost all of the time.
Grammar	The student uses correct sentence structures and verb tenses; subject-verb agreement and article use appropriate almost all of the time.	The student uses correct sentence structures and verb tenses; subject-verb agreement and article use appropriate most of the time.	The student uses correct sentence structures and verb tenses; subject-verb agreement and article use appropriate some of the time.	The student rarely uses correct sentence structures and verb tenses; subject-verb agreement and article use rarely appropriate.
Language	The student uses appropriate language almost all of the time.	The student uses appropriate language most of the time.	The student uses appropriate language some of the time.	The student rarely uses appropriate language.
Content	The presentation was well done, and the student supplied interesting information.	Presentation was good, and the student supplied some interesting information.	Presentation was satisfactory. The student supplied little interesting information.	Presentation was unsatisfactory.  The student did not supply any interesting information.
			Total /28