Matthew Nichols

Nikki Buzzell-Garncia

Intro to Ed

10/5/17

Iowa Teaching Standard 1

Standard 1:
Demonstrates ability to enhance academic performance and
support for implementation of the school districts student achievement
goals.

Criteria e. Creates an environment of mutual respect, rapport, and fairness.

Mock Oral Debate Rubric: Below I have assembled how a rubric for a
verbal debate may appear in a future classroom I may teach. Debates
always have the danger of escalating beyond a structured debate and
instead becomes emotional and inflammatory. This creates an
environment that is toxic to the students and the teaching staff. A way to
combat this is to make respect for the other students part of the grading
system. Along with the academic gains that can be achieved by a student
during this project, this also prepares them for a life outside of academia
where mutual respect is required to function adequately within society.
9th Grade U.S Government Matthew Nichols
Oral Debate Rubric

Students will be assigned a random topic which has been covered in class and will be
given a pre-existing side to argue. Then students will be paired with another student who has the
same issue, but a different stance. Students will have three days of in-class time to formulate and
plan their side of the debate including notes, speech outline, and rebuttals. On debate day
students will give a prepared opening speech, an impromptu rebuttal, and a conclusion, going
back and forth between debaters. Along with preparedness and content, respect and a tolerance
of other students will also play into a factor with grading.

Students is prepared on debate day and has all materials necessary to debate.
Students work in all areas of the debate was engaging and invoked critical
40-50 points thought
Students appearance was formal, and delivered a speech with no
mispronunciations or syntax errors
When not giving a speech, the student is providing their classmates their full
attention and maintains respect

Student is prepared on debate day but is missing some materials necessary to

debate
Students work was engaging, but did not stir critical thought.
Students dress was appropriate, and delivered a speech with few
30-40 points mispronunciations or syntax errors
When not giving a speech, student did not provide their full attention, but
remained respectful throughout

Student is not completely prepared on debate day and is missing some materials
necessary to debate
Students work was lacking in quality, failing to engage audience or stir critical
thought
20-30 points Students dress
Student did notwas casual,
spend and made
any time a notable
preparing amount
for debate of errors during speech
day
When not giving a speech, students did not provide their full attention,
Students work was unacceptable in terms of content, engagement, and were
or critical
not mindful
thought of their fellow classmates
0-20 points Students dress violated school dress code or was inflammatory or vulgar
When not giving a speech, students gave no attention to fellow classmates, or was
openly inflammatory towards participating students.