| Rating |
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| Focus Question/Topic |
Demonstrates little connection to or understanding of their essential question. The presentation does not support the topic chosen. Does not support one of the major twenty themes |
Demonstrates partial connection to or understanding of their essential question. The presentation partially supports the topic chosen. Partially supports the major twenty themes. |
Strongly connects ideas and understanding to their essential question. The presentation strongly supports the topic chosen. Strongly supports one of the major twenty themes. |
| Presentation Skills |
Presenters are not clear. Spoken language is soft and somewhat inappropriate. Very little communication with the audience |
Presenters are generally clear and understandable. Spoken language is loud but not always appropriate. There is some communication with audience. |
Presenters are clear and easily understandable. Spoken language is loud and appropriate. There is good communication with audience. |
| Engagement & Technology |
Does not hold the interest of the audience and lacking interactivity and/or smoothness.
The presentation incorporates little or no appropriate technology.
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Sometimes holds the interest of the audience and is partially interactive and smooth.
The presentation incorporates some appropriate technology to support the theme.
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Clearly holds the interest of the audience with interactivity and smooth transitions. The presentation incorporates appropriate technology to support and highlight the key elements of theme. |
| Solution & Action |
Any action or solution proposed either has little connection to the problem identified in the focus question or has limitations in terms of practicability is not evident and lacks proper citation. |
The action or solution proposed connects to the problem identified in the focus question in some way and is practicable and achievable is somewhat evident but lacks proper citation. |
The action or solution proposed strongly connects to the problem indentified in the focus question and is practicable and achievable is very evident and with proper citation. |
| Research |
Very little reference to sources during presentations, very little evidence of original research. |
There are some references to sources during presentation, some evidence of original research. |
References to sources are made throughout presentation, evidence of considerable original research |
