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Oral Presentation- Book Report 5 due 12/13

Oral Presentation- Quest Book Report due Tues. 11/15

Students will give a short presentation to the class on their reading book of at least 300 pages that has a lexile level within their range (100 points below to 100 points above their lexile level), including bibliographic information in MLA format on a note card. Students will demonstrate understanding of the terms studied in class, explaining one of the themes and how it was expressed (include textual evidence with page #), irony, tone, mood, and symbols (speculate on significance) in the text. Students will also explain their recommendation and a connection (text/self; text/text; text/world). The presentation will begin with an introduction and end with a conclusion. Students are required to hand in this self-graded rubric before their presentation on Monday, December 13. 10 points will be deducted for students who lose this rubric.

Rubric Code: R478X2

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Subject: English

Type: Presentation

Grade Levels: 6-8

Oral Book Report
	Excellent 25 pts	Good 23 pts	Average 20 pts	Poor 18 pts
Bibliographic Info	Excellent -all required bibliographic information in proper MLA format on note card -has book to show class -has lexile level of book which is within student's lexile range (or was OK'd by Miss Kim)	Good -one bibliographic element missing or one mistake in format on note card -lacks book's lexile level or book is not within student's lexile range	Average -two or three bibliographic elements missing or mistakes in format; not written on note card - lacks book's lexile level	Poor -four or more bibliographic elements missing or mistakes in format; not on note card -lacks book's lexile level
Introduction/Conclusion	Excellent -The introduction has at least 4 sentences and begins with one of the hooks studied in class that effectively engages the audience -Ends with conclusion of at least four sentences that ties up the presentation and answers the question "so what?"	Good -Begins with one of the hooks studied in class -Ends with a conclusion that ties up the presentation	Average -Begins with a question hook or "My name is ____ and I'm going to tell you about ____" -Ends with a similarly vapid conclusion	Poor -No hook or no conclusion
Content:	Excellent -presentation is clear, logical, and organized -all required information presented in paragraph format -thorough understanding of theme (including textual evidence and page #), irony, tone, mood and symbolism (with speculation on significance) evident	Good -presentation is generally clear, logical, and organized -lacking one requirement -demonstrates understanding of theme (including textual evidence and page #), irony, tone, mood and symbolism	Average -presentation is sometimes clear and logical -quality indicates insufficient preparation -lacking two or three requirements -some understanding of theme, irony, tone, mood and symbolism	Poor -presentation lacks clarity -poorly prepared -limited information is presented, lacking more than three requirements of assignment -weak understanding of theme, irony, tone, mood and symbolism
Recommendation	Excellent -convincingly supports recommendation, explaining why they did or did not enjoy the book, including a text-to-self, text-to-text or text-to-world connection	Good -convincingly supports recommendation with explanation	Average -recommendation is explained inadequately	Poor -no explanation offered for recommendation

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English

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Presentation

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