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Character Interview Project 
Vlog or Written Journal Project
Students are to record a 60-Minutes-style interview with 3 or more characters from their novel discussing one or more major events that took place in the novel. Their job is to think about how the characters might have felt and reacted to the event. They must also consider the author's description and character traits for each character.
Rubric Code: MXB7X92
By midani0118
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Subject: English  
Type: Project  
Grade Levels: (none)

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Student will record a 60-Minute-style interview with at least 3 of the main characters from their novel and share with the class.
  Exceeds expectations

(N/A)

Satisfactory

(N/A)

Progressing

(N/A)

Needs improvement

(N/A)

Content
40 pts

Includes:
-Discussed a key event from the novel
-Clear portrayal of the major character traits of their chosen character
-Clear understanding of the character's feelings about the event
-Clear description of the event as seen from the character's perspective
Exceeds expectations

Topic was chosen from an important event in their novel. Questions and responses give the audience a clear picture about how the characters experienced the event. Interviews are filled with emotion, symbolism, and clearly portrayed character traits for each character.
Above and beyond.

40 points
Satisfactory

Topic was chosen from an important event in their novel. Questions and responses for each character give the audience a clear picture about how the characters experienced the event.

30 points
Progressing

The scene that was chosen was from a less important event in the novel and gave the audience an idea of the key event or content of the novel.

20 points
Needs improvement

No clear connection between the interviews and novel. Questions and responses do not give any information about the theme, character traits,key event, or content of the novel.

10 points
Time & Length
10 pts

Includes:
-3 characters asked 3 questions each
-5:00-6:00 in length
Exceeds expectations

Length of interview and/or number of characters exceeds requirement.

5 points
Satisfactory

Interviews are within the given time.

4 points
Progressing

Interviews do not meet minimum requirement by a small margin. (10 seconds or less)

3 points
Needs improvement

Interviews do not meet minimum requirement by a significant margin . (30 seconds or more)

2 points
Voice
40 pts

Includes:
-Questions are answered from the character's point of view
-using language appropriate for your character/time period/novel
-recorded in the character's "voice"
-use character traits from the novel to accurately portray the character
-4 different reference pages from the novel used to determine character traits or event description
Exceeds expectations

More than 3 characters interviewed. Responses are clearly given from the character's point of view and show a clear representation of the character's attitude about the topic and behavior in general.
Easy to distinguish which character is which based on visual props or mannerisms. Above and beyond.
Satisfactory

Interviewed 3 characters. Responses are clearly given from the character's point of view and represent the character's attitude about the topic.
Character traits are obviously present for each character
Progressing

Interviewed 2 characters. Responses are given from the character's point of view and some character traits were attempted for each character.
Needs improvement

Interviewed 1 character. Responses are more or less a summary of the event. No distinguishing character traits are shown.
Plan
10 pts

Includes:
-written script of questions and answers
-4 pages from the novel used as references for character traits and answers
Exceeds expectations

Student provided a detailed written script of questions and answers and included a description of each characters' traits.
Student handed in a list of more than 4 reference pages from the novel and explained how they used this information in creating their questions and responses.

10 points
Satisfactory

Student provided a written script.
Student handed in a list of 4 reference pages from the novel and explained how they used this information in creating their questions and responses.

8 points
Progressing

Student provided a script with loosely planned questions and answers.
Student handed in a list of 3 or fewer reference pages from the novel and briefly explained how they used this information in creating their questions and responses.

6 points
Needs improvement

Student provided no written script or plan.
Student handed in a list of fewer than 3 reference pages from the novel and had difficulty explaining how they used this information in creating their questions and responses.

4 points



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