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Storytelling/Children's Book Reading Presentation

A rubric to assess a student's abiltity to tell a story, or read a children's book to an audience in Spanish.

Rubric Code: HXWX8XX

By tpalagruto

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Subject: Foreign Languages

Type: Presentation

Grade Levels: 6-8

Competencies Level
	Poor 5 (N/A)	Fair 10 (N/A)	Good 15 (N/A)	Excellent 20 (N/A)
Voice	Poor - The majority of the audience had difficulty hearing them.<BR> - Syntax and diction were poor.	Fair - Only the people seated in the front of the room were able to hear them.<BR> - Syntax and diction were fair.	Good - Projected their voice throughout the room allowing most people to hear them.<BR> - Syntax and diction were good.	Excellent - Projected their voice clearly throughout the room allowing everyone to hear them clearly.<BR> - Syntax and diction were perfect.
Style	Poor - Nervous speaker: lack of energy and enthousiasm.<BR> - Did not make any eye-contact with the audience.<BR> - Body posture was stiff and rigid.	Fair - Nervous speaker: lack of energy and enthousiasm.<BR> - Eye-contact was maintained for very little periods of time.<BR> - Used very little body posture or gestures to enhance their story.	Good - Dynamic speaker: full of energy and enthousiasm.<BR> - Eye-contact was maintained for short periods of time.<BR> - Used either body posture and gestures to enhance their story.	Excellent - Dynamic speaker: full of energy and enthousiasm.<BR> - Eye-contact was maintained for extended periods of time.<BR> - Used both body posture and gestures to enhance their story.
Content	Poor - Story was incomplete.<BR> - Did not understand the story at all.<BR> - Probably just translated the story.	Fair - Story met some of the requirements.<BR> - Knowledge of story was below average.<BR> - The reader might have went beyond mere translation but did not simplify the information.	Good - Story met all requirements.<BR> - Knowledge of story was good.<BR> - One could tell that speaker spent time developing an understanding of the story.	Excellent - Story exceeded the requirements.<BR> - Knew story very well.<BR> - One could tell that speaker had and analyzed the story extensively.
Expression	Poor - There was no effort made at emoting expression during the presentation.	Fair - They attempted to be expressive, but struggled with it.	Good - Their presentation was expressive, but the rhythm was slightly off.	Excellent - Their presentation was filled with expression, falling, rising and pausing at the right moments to capture our attention, increase tension or enhance our enjoyment.

Keywords:

oral presentation, storytelling in Spanish, children's literature in Spanish

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