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Poet Research Project

You will be conducting research about a chosen poet and three of his or her poems. This research will be presented in an informative speech including a well researched biography, the poems, and an PowerPoint presentation.

Rubric Code: V4CX5W

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Subject: English

Type: Presentation

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Poetry Project You will be conducting research over a chosen poet and several of his or her poems. This research will be presented in an informative speech including a well researched biography, the poems, with an artistic representation.
	Excellent 20 pts	Good 10 pts	Poor 4 pts
Reasearch Student conducts appropriate biographical research from designated locations. Research is presented in the form of an original biography and utilizes a mininum of three resources.	Excellent Student conducted thorough research through at least three resources; biography is original and well-written with less than 2 grammatical errors.	Good Student conducted research through at least two sources; biography contains mostly original thoughts and less than 5 grammatical errors.	Poor Student conducted research through one source only; biography is unoriginal and/or cut-and-pasted from sources. Sources are not cited.
PowerPoint Presentation Student creates a visually pleasing presentation of the poems including interpretations where needed.	Excellent PowerPoint uses a mininum of two backgrounds and 15 slides. Detail is presented using bullet points and guidelines were strictly followed and contains all required elements.	Good Presentation contains on background or 12-14 slides and decorative detail; guidelines were generally followed and contains most required elements.	Poor Less than 12 slides were presented. Studeent read presentation to the class rather than presenting material; too many or too few pictures were used in the presentatin; guidelines weren't followed or were followed incorrectly.
Use of Class Time and Resources Students are given class time and resources to prepare for this assignment and must use that time and resources wisely.	Excellent Uses class time well and uses class materials well.	Good Little use of class time; fairly respectful of class materials.	Poor No use of class time; wasteful with materials.
Paper Paper is correctly typed and uses APA format correctly	Excellent Typed; five or fewer typographical errors; formatting is done correctly; poems are presented on separate pages.	Good There are more than five typos, but less than ten; formatting is generally correct, but there are three or fewer issues. Poems are presented correctly.	Poor There are more than ten typos; formatting is not correctly done. Poems are not correctly presented, or there are too few poems presented.
Speech Ideas/Content Content is appropriate for audience.	Excellent Clear, focused background information about poet; successful inclusion of poetic devices used by poet. Three poems enthusiastically read.	Good Identifiable content about poet's background; simplistic connection to poetic devices. Poems read, but missing gusto.	Poor Lack of knowledge of poet's background and poetic devices. Poems uninteresting to audience or there were two or fewer.
Speech Organization Organization on speech helps audience to stay focused.	Excellent >Highly effective introduction and conclustion >Smooth transitions >Artistic representation details make impact on audience	Good >Underdeveloped introduction or conclusion >Transitions usually work >Artistic representation is helpful to audience connecion with poet.	Poor >Missing introduction or conclusion >Missing transitions >Artistic representation detracts from presentation.
Speech Delivery Delivery enhances enjoyment of the audience.	Excellent >5-7 minute limit >consistent, effective eye contact. >outstanding enunciation and rate. >exceptionally well presented PowerPoint presentation.	Good >2-4 mins. or 8 -9 mins. in length. >eye contact present, but not consistent. >mostly clear enunciation >PowerPoint presentation is appropriately used.	Poor >0-1 minute or 10 or more mins. in length. >little or no eye contact. >too fast/slow, quiet/loud, monotone/erratic. >drops, fumbles, rattles PowerPoint presentation.
Title Page Title page is correctly formatted and spelling is correct.	Excellent Title page has no issues.	Good Title page has all criteria, but there are three or fewer spelling errors.	Poor Format has not been followed or there are more than three spelling errors on the page.
Reference Page Page is formatted using APA format.	Excellent Student has correctly cited all references. There are a mininum of three references presented.	Good There are two or less references usilized or the page contains five or less spelling errors.	Poor Page is not correctly formatted or there are are six or more spelling errors.

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Poetry

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English

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Presentation

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