Grading
Rubric Each section is worth an equal ten points, totaling fifty
.Argument: Is the story making an argument? Is that argument identifiable just by listening to the story? Can we learn some kind of lesson from it?__/10Story: Is the story interesting? Does it provide all the necessary information needed to develop tails help to support your argument? Are you providing enough detail about people and places that everyone can follow the story without confusion? On the other hand, are you providing unnecessary detail that makes it harder to follow?__/10Storystructure: Do you present the story in a way that has some kind of structure? Is it easy to follow? For example, is there a clear beginning, middle, and end, or does it go back and forth to add in more details or skip information?__/10Style: Are you actually engaging with the audience (looking into the camera and telling us a story vs. reading something prepared)? Are you making the story entertaining? Are there ver baland non-verbal variations to the speech (such as pausing to let ideas sink in or to allow laugh ter after a joke, raising/lowering your voice, hand gestures, etc.)? Are there identifiable strategies?__/10Presentation: How is the pace of your story? Are you speaking at a rate that everyone can understand? Is your voice clear, or are you mumbling? Does it seem rushed, cut short, slow and with a lot of “umms,” etc?
