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Debate Rubric
Criteria Excellent (4) Good (3) Satisfactory Needs Score
(2) Improvemen t (1) Content & Arguments are Arguments are Arguments are Arguments are Argument well- clear, with somewhat unclear or lack researched, good clear, but lack supporting clear, and supporting strong or evidence. highly evidence that relevant Evidence may persuasive. is mostly evidence. be irrelevant Evidence is relevant. Evidence is or not strong, highly partially integrated relevant, and integrated. effectively. well- integrated into the argument. Use of Evidence is Evidence is Evidence is Evidence is Evidence robust, credible and somewhat weak or credible, and supports relevant, but missing, or directly claims, but the connection sources are supports the some to the claims not credible or claims made. connections is unclear or not cited. The Sources are may be weak incomplete. evidence may cited or not fully Some sources not support appropriately explained. may be the claims and Sources are misquoted or made. seamlessly cited correctly. not cited. integrated into e the argument. Organization Arguments are Organization is Organization is Organization is well-organized clear, but somewhat unclear or with a clear transitions clear, but disjointed. introduction, between ideas some ideas or Ideas are not body, and may be points are presented conclusion. awkward or underdevelope logically. Each point inconsistent. d or unclear. logically follows from the previous one. Delivery Speaker is Speaker is Speaker may Speaker lacks, confident, mostly clear lack confidence, clear, and confident, confidence or clarity, or engaging, and with minor clarify at struggles with maintains lapses in tone times. Some tone, volume, strong eye or volume. Eye difficulties or contact. contact and with tone engagement Excellent tone engagement volume, or eye with the and volume are generally contact. audience. used good. throughout the debate. Rebuttal & Rebuttals are Rebuttals Rebuttals are No rebuttals or Counterargu highly address the weak, rebuttals are ments effective, opposition’s addressing ineffective or directly arguments, only some fail address addressing the but may lack aspects of the key points of opposition’s depth or full opposition’s the opposition. arguments integration of arguments with well- evidence. without strong constructed evidence. responses and additional evidence. Engagement Speaker Speaker Speaker Not engage with the maintains makes some makes with the Audience strong eye eye contact minimal audience, contact, uses and uses engagement lacks eye gestures, and gestures, but with the contact or engages the engagement audience and gestures, and audience with the rarely uses does not throughout audience may eye contact or appear to be the debate. be gestures. aware of the inconsistent. audience. Use of Language is Language is Language Language is Language professional, clear and somewhat appropriate, clear, and free appropriate unclear or unclear, or of errors. with informal, with contains Vocabulary is occasional multiple errors frequent varied and minor errors or or awkward grammatical well-suited to repetitions. phrasing. or vocabulary the topic. Vocabulary is Vocabulary errors. suitable for may be the topic. limited.