Assessment Rubric : The Weather Forecast : Power Point

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Preparedness Group is completely Group is mostly Groups is Group is not
prepared and has prepared but somewhat prepared to present.
obviously needed more prepared, but it is
rehearsed. rehearsals. clear rehearsal was
lacking.

Speaks Clearly Speaks clearly and Speaks clearly and Speaks clearly and Often mumbles or
distinctly 100-95% distinctly 100-95% distinctly most 94- cannot be
of the time, and of the time, but 85% of the time. understood OR
mispronounces no mispronounces one Mispronounces no mispronounces
words. word. more than one more than one
word. word.
Volume Volume is loud Volume is loud Volume is loud Volume often too
enough to be heard enough to be heard enough to be heard soft to be heard by
by all audience by all audience by all audience all audience
members members at least members at least members.
throughout the 90% of the time. 80% of the time.
presentation.
Posture and Eye Stands up straight, Stands up straight Sometimes stands Slouches and/or
Contact looks relaxed and and establishes eye up straight and does not look at
confident. contact with establishes eye people during the
Establishes eye everyone in the contact. presentation.
contact with room during the
everyone in the presentation.
room during the
presentation.

Content The forecast The forecast The forecast The information

indicates the indicates the indicates the provided in the
precipitation, precipitation, precipitation, forecast is to
temperature for at temperature for four temperature for general to be of any
least four days. days three days use to forecasters.

Climate History Relates satellite Relates satellite Relates satellite Makes little or no
images displayed to images displayed to images displayed to mention of the
the climate of the the climate of the the climate of the climate of the
country. Adds country. Discusses country. country.
trends of previous yearly averages
seasonal variation
and compares
current to yearly
averages.

Geography The forecast is The forecast is The forecast is The forecast is

specific and specific and specific. Map which specific. No map is
supported with a supported with a may be provided is provided
large, clear and well large, clear and well not useful – small,
illustrated map illustrated map. badly illustrated,
indicating line of hard to read or
latitude and incomplete
longitude.
 The fonts are easy-
Text Elements to-read and point Sometimes the Overall readability is The text is
size varies fonts are easy-to- difficult with lengthy extremely difficult to
appropriately for read, but in a few paragraphs, too read with long
headings and text. places the use of many different fonts, blocks of text and
fonts, italics, bold, dark or busy small point size of
Use of italics, bold, long paragraphs, background, fonts, inappropriate
and indentations color or busy overuse of bold or contrasting colors,
enhances background detracts lack of appropriate poor use of
readability. and does not indentations of text. headings,
enhance readability. subheadings,
Text is appropriate indentations, or bold
in length for the formatting.
target audience and
to the point.

The background
and colors enhance
the readability of
text.
The graphics, sound The graphics, Some of the The graphics,
Graphics, Sound and/or animation sound/and or graphics, sounds, sounds, and/or
and/or Animation assist in presenting animation visually and/or animations animations are
an overall theme depict material and seem unrelated to unrelated to the
and enhance assist the audience the topic/theme and content.
understanding of in understanding the do not enhance the
concept, ideas and flow of information overall concepts. Graphics do not
relationships. or content. enhance
Images are too understanding of the
Original images are Original images are large/small in size. content, or are
created using used. distracting
proper size and Images are poorly decorations that
resolution, and all Images are proper cropped or the create a busy
images enhance the size, resolution. color/resolution is feeling and detract
content. fuzzy. from the content.

Time-Limit Presentation is 4 Presentation is 3 Presentation is 2 Presentation is less

minutes long. minutes long. minutes long. than 1 minutes OR
more than 5
minutes.

Listens to Other Listens intently. Listens intently but Sometimes does Sometimes does not
Presentations Does not make has one distracting not appear to be appear to be
distracting noises or noise or movement. listening but is not listening and has
movements. distracting. distracting noises or
movements.

Resources All resources are Most of the Some of the None of the
(Title, author, date, correctly cited. No resources 80%+ are resources 70-80% resources are
URL) plagiarism is correctly cited. No are correctly cited. correctly cited. No
detected. plagiarism is No plagiarism is plagiarism is
detected. detected. detected.

Total Points: __________________________/ 36 = _________________%