Informative Grade Paradigm

Bender

Name______________________________

Informative Speech Grade ______________ (Major Speech Grade)

Time (15 points) __________

Must speak 4 minutes to receive the points. All or nothing!

Introduction (10 points) __________

__________ Attention Getting Device (4 points)

__________ Includes a clear and precise thesis statement (3 points)

__________ Major ideas were forecasted (3 points)

Analysis / Organization (10 points) __________

__________ Body of speech was evenly divided into 3 distinct areas (5 points)

__________ Speech contained appropriate transitioning between 3 areas (5 points)

Support Material (15 points) __________

__________ Speech utilized a variety of supporting materials – facts, testimony, statistics,

definitions, descriptions, comparison/contrast, examples, quotable quotes and

illustrations.(6 points)

__________ 3 pieces of support material. The support must come from three different sources

You must identify the source when giving the documentation in the speech. You

must have turned in highlighted support material prior to giving the

speech to receive the points. (9 points)

Conclusion (10 points) __________

__________ Thesis is restated (2 points)

__________ Speech is briefly summed up (3 points)

__________ Provides a link back to introductory comments and adequately wraps up speech

(5 points)

Nonverbal Delivery (20 points) __________

(Must speak 3 minutes to receive any nonverbal delivery points.

__________ Eye Contact (5 points)

__________ Gestures (5 points)

__________ Facial Expressions (5 points)

__________ Posture/Stance (3 points)

__________ Movement (2 points)

Verbal Delivery (20 points) __________

(Must speak 3 minutes to receive any Verbal Delivery points.

__________ Paralinguistics (Volume, rate, pitch, pause, framing, intensity and emphasis.

Communicating, not just giving data orally. Having a general desire to make us

more knowledgeable about your topic. (10 points)

__________ Appropriate Word Choice / Teenbonics / Verbal pauses (10 points)