Exit Criteria: Speaking

Students are able to plan and deliver a five to ten minute presentation on an academic topic. The presentation incorporates one or more of the following rhetorical modes:

• Extended definition of concept or term
• Description of object or visual representation
• Interpretation of data
• Description and explanation of process
• Problem–solution

Additional criteria include:

• Presentation has clearly delineated introduction, body and conclusion
• Body organization can be discerned. (e.g., chronological, spatial, logical)
• Speaker gives enough detail to develop the topic
• Speaker explains the meaning of important terms
• Speaker invites and effectively handles audience questions
• Visuals are relevant
• Visuals are sufficiently large and clear
• Visual representations (e.g., diagrams or graphs) are titled and labeled
• Outlines are text–lean
• Errors in text are few and minor
• Speaker comprehensibility and fluency are acceptable