TEKSQUAD INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

ANTIPOLO CITY
FINAL EXAM IN SPEECH AND ORAL EXAMINATION

AM I TO BE BLAMED

They’re chasing me, they’re chasing, no they must not catch me, I have enough money now, yes
enough for my starving mother and brothers.

Please let me go, let me go home before you imprisoned me.

Very well, officers? take me to your headquarters. Good morning captain! no captain, you are
mistaken, I was once a good girl, just like the rest of you here. Just like any of your daughters.
But time was, when I was reared in slums. But we lived honestly, we lived honestly in life. My,
father, mother, brothers, sisters and I. But then, poverty enters the portals of our home. My
father became jobless, my mother got ill. The small savings that my mother had kept for our
expenses were spent. All for our daily needs and her needed medicine.

One night, my father went out, telling us that he would come back in a few minutes with plenty
of foods and money, but that was the last time I saw him. He went with another woman. If only
I could lay my hands on his neck I would wring it without pain until he breaths no more. If you
were in my place, you’ll do it, won’t you Captain? What? you won’t still believe in me?. Come
and I’ll show you a dilapidated shanty by a railroad.

Mother, mother I’m home, mother? mother?!. There Captain, see my dead mother. Captain?
there are tears in your eyes? now pack this stolen money and return it to the owner. What
good would this do to my mother now? she’s already gone! Do you hear me? she’s already
gone. Am I to be blamed for the things I have done?

Declamation Scoring Sheet (RUBRICS)

STUDENT'S NAME:________________________________

Difficulty: Declamation has enough length and complexity to be transporting without

being tedious or inaccessible to the audience.

1-Good 2-Excellent 3-Superior

Clarity: Declamation is entirely audible with natural but clear enunciation.

1-Good 2-Excellent 3-Superior

Delivery: Declaimed without stumbles or lengthy pauses Eye contact and posture

enhance delivery.

1-Good 2-Excellent 3-Superior

Interpretation: Declamation communicates the poem's full meaning to the audience.

1-Good 2-Excellent 5-Superior

Vocal Range: Declamation includes changes in tone, pace, or volume that

communicate changes in the emotional content of the poem.

1-Good 2-Excellent 5-Superior

Facial Expression: Declaimed with lively and varied facial expressions that fit the

content of the poem.

1-Good 2-Excellent 3-Superior

Total Score: __________________

Notes:

How to use this scoring sheet:

Circle a score for each of the categories based on the criteria "good, excellent,

superior." Try to reserve "superior" scores for performances that seem beyond criticism.

The two categories, "Interpretation" and "Vocal Range" and are worth more points at the

"Excellent" and "Superior" levels because communication of meaning and range of

expression are valued most highly in this competition. Judges should add up their

scores for individual categories to determine a score for the declamation.

Judges for the semifinals and finals should add up their combined scores for each

declamation to determine final scores. Declamations with highest scores should be

named winners. In the event of a tie, Judges should vote to break the tie. No discussion

should take place before the vote. Judges may take notes in the space below the

scoring section.