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Book Trailer Rubric

Produce a video of a "book trailer" to promote a book.

Rubric Code: C2WC89A

By mhessel

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Subject: English

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Video Book Trailer
	Excellent (N/A)	Good (N/A)	Fair (N/A)
Required Elements Book Title, Author, Cover image, Credits, Length	Excellent Includes all required elements, including credits for copyrighted images or music. This can be the song title or website link for am image. The video is 0:30 to 2:00 minutes in length. The video was the right length get/keep the viewer involved.	Good Includes 3 required elements. The video is over or short up to 15 seconds. The video was the right length to keep/get the viewer involved.	Fair Includes 2 of the required elements The video is over or short 16 to 30 seconds. The video was too long/short to keep/get the attention of the viewer.
Mechanics Grammar, spelling, etc..	Excellent Uses grammatically correct sentences. Uses a variety of sentence types. Makes very few punctuation errors. 0-2 spelling errors.	Good Uses grammatically correct sentences with most of the time. Makes a few punctuation errors. 3-5 spelling errors.	Fair There are 1-2 incomplete sentences, fragments or run-on sentences. Makes a number of punctuation errors. 6-8 spelling errors.
Story Flow/Interest	Excellent The trailer is focused and shows a thorough understanding of the book. The flow of the story is logical and easy to follow. It compels the reader to read the book.	Good The flow of the story is somewhat choppy but can be followed. The viewer is left interested in the book.	Fair The trailer is somewhat confusing and not easy to follow. Needs improvement in order for the viewer to be persuaded to read the book.
Images	Excellent Key scenes or themes from the book have been creatively presented with images and video clips. These make the content of the book clear to the viewer.	Good There is one key scene or theme from the book represented in the trailer. This makes the viewer generally aware of the content of the book.	Fair An attempt has been made to depict some aspect of the book, however the content of the book is not very clear to the viewer.
Audio	Excellent Narrator and/or actors speak with enthusiasm; can be clearly understood. Background music/sounds enhance the story and images.	Good Narrator and/or actors can be understood. Background music/sounds complement the story and images.	Fair It is difficult to understand the narrator and/or actors. Background music/sounds do not complement the story and images.
Transitions	Excellent Transitions between slides/scenes are smooth. Slides/scenes are well synchronized with the narration.	Good Most of the transitions between slides/scenes are smooth. Most of the slides/ scenes & narration are synchronized.	Fair Transitions between slides/scenes are choppy; Many of the slides/scenes are not synchronized with the narration.

Keywords:

Video Book Talk Rubric

Subjects:

English

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Project

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