Rubric for Debate

Criteria 5 points 3 points 1 point SCORE

Information All information Most information Information had some
presented in this debate presented in the major inaccuracies OR
was clear, accurate and debate was clear and was usually not clear
thorough accurate, but was not
usually thorough
Rebuttal All counter-arguments Most counter- Counter-arguments
were accurate, relevant arguments were were not accurate
and strong accurate and relevant, and/or relevant
but several were weak
Use of Facts Every major point was Every major point was All points were not
well supported with adequately supported supported
several relevant facts, with relevant facts,
statistics and/or statistics and/or
examples examples
Organization All arguments were Most arguments were Most arguments were
clearly tied to an idea clearly tied to an idea clearly tied to an idea
(premise) and (premise) and (premise) and
organized in a tight, organized in a tight, organized in a tight,
logical fashion logical fashion logical fashion
Understanding The team clearly The team seemed to The team did not show
of Topic understood the topic in understand the main an adequate
depth and presented points of the topic and understanding of the
their information presented those with topic
forcefully and ease
convincingly
Respect for All statements, body Most statements and Statements, responses
Other Team language, and responses were and/or body language
responses were respectful and in were consistently not
respectful and were appropriate language, respectful
inappropriate language but there was one
sarcastic remark

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