This rubric evaluates 6th grade research paper presentations on four criteria: delivery, content/organization, enthusiasm/audience awareness, and a 4-3-2-1 scoring system. For delivery, an excellent score is given for maintaining eye contact and using an engaging tone. A good score requires mostly eye contact and satisfactory variation. A fair score has minimal eye contact while reading notes. For content, an excellent score shows full knowledge and clear structure. A good score requires ease in answering questions and somewhat clear purpose. A fair score struggles to answer questions and provide weak support. For enthusiasm, an excellent score demonstrates strong enthusiasm and increases understanding, while a fair score shows little feelings about the topic.

1. 6th Grade Research Paper Presentation Rubric
4—Excellent 3—Good 2—Fair 1—Needs Improvement
Delivery • Holds attention of • Consistent use of direct • Displays minimal eye • Holds no eye contact
entire audience with the eye contact with audience, contact with audience, with audience, as entire
use of direct eye contact, but still returns to notes while reading mostly from report is read from notes
seldom looking at notes • Speaks with satisfactory the notes • Speaks in low volume
• Speaks with fluctuation variation of volume and • Speaks in uneven and/or monotonous tone,
in volume and inflection inflection volume with little or no which causes audience to
to maintain audience inflection disengage
interest and emphasize
key points
Content/Organization • Demonstrates full • Is at ease with expected • Is uncomfortable with • Does not have grasp of
knowledge by answering answers to all questions, information and is able to information and cannot
all class questions with without elaboration answer only rudimentary answer questions about
explanations and • Has somewhat clear questions subject
elaboration purpose and subject; some • Attempts to define • Does not clearly define
• Provides clear purpose examples, facts, and/or purpose and subject; subject and purpose;
and subject; pertinent statistics that support the provides weak examples, provides weak or no
examples, facts, and/or subject; includes some facts, and/or statistics, support of subject; gives
statistics; supports data or evidence that which do not adequately insufficient support for
conclusions/ideas with supports conclusions support the subject; ideas or conclusions
evidence includes very thin data or
evidence
Enthusiasm/ • Demonstrates strong • Shows some enthusiastic • Shows little or mixed • Fails to increase
Audience Awareness enthusiasm about topic feelings about topic feelings about the topic audience understanding of
during entire presentation • Raises audience being presented knowledge of topic
• Significantly increases understanding and • Raises audience • Shows no interest in
audience understanding awareness of most points understanding and topic presented
and knowledge of topic; knowledge of some points
convinces an audience to
recognize the validity and
importance of the subject

2. 6th Grade Research Paper Presentation Rubric